House Oversight Chair Asks Acosta to Clarify Epstein Testimony

The Republican chairman of the House oversight committee on Friday asked Alex Acosta, the former US Attorney who signed off on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s controversial 2007 plea deal, if he wanted to clarify his recent testimony to the panel.

Representative James Comer’s request follows a report by Bloomberg News that cited emails from Epstein’s private Yahoo account to show that Acosta’s office investigated Epstein for money laundering as part of a sex-crimes probe 17 years ago. Acosta told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in September that he didn’t recall any discussion of “potential financial crimes” ...