The House Oversight Committee is poised to hear from former George W. Bush-era Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday.
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AformerattorneygeneralunderGeorgeW.Bush’sadministrationistestifyingtoHouseOversightCommitteeinvestigatorsonTuesday.
AlbertoGonzales,wholedtheDepartmentofJustice(DOJ)fromFebruary2005untilmid-September2007,isthesecondwitnessbeingcalledinthebipartisanHouseprobeintoJeffreyEpsteinandhisaccompliceGhislaineMaxwell.
It’snotimmediatelyclearhowmanylawmakerswillappearattheclosed-doordeposition,whichisexpectedtolargelybestaff-led.HouseOversightCommitteeChairJamesComer,R-Ky.,islikelytoattend,however.
GonzalesnotablyledtheDOJduringearlytalkswithFloridafederalprosecutorsforEpstein’sinfamousnon-prosecutionagreement,whichwasformedin2007andfinalizedin2008.
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Heleftshortlybeforeitwassigned,however–somethingComernotedinasubpoenacoverlettertoGonzalesearlierthismonth.
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