James Comer
U.S. Representative (R-KY); Chairman, House Oversight Committee
5 articles · 1 storyInvestigations
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Bondi Misses Epstein Deposition; Democrats File Civil Contempt Resolution, Republicans Schedule May 29 Interview
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi did not appear for a bipartisan Oversight Committee deposition on April 14, 2026, despite a legally binding subpoena. On April 29, House Oversight Democrats filed a civil contempt resolution. Within 45 minutes, Republicans confirmed a new date: Bondi will give a transcribed interview on May 29.
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Three Agencies Miss House Oversight's April 27 Deadline on Missing Scientists Inquiry
The FBI, NASA, and the Department of Energy failed to provide the staff-level briefings the House Oversight Committee demanded by April 27 on at least 13 scientists with classified-access ties who have died or disappeared. NASA's spokesperson said the agency sees no national security threat; the FBI director said a report is coming "in short order."
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House Oversight Demands FBI Briefing on Dead and Missing Scientists With Classified-Access Ties, Cites JPL, Los Alamos, MIT Cases
In an April 20 letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, Chairmen James Comer (Oversight) and Eric Burlison request a staff-level briefing by April 27 on what the Bureau knows about at least ten U.S. scientists with ties to nuclear secrets or rocket technology who have died or disappeared 'in recent years.' The letter names three individuals — Michael David Hicks, Monica Reza, and retired Air Force Gen. William Neil McCasland — and points to an alleged professional link between two of them through an Air Force program on reusable space vehicles.
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From $1,000 to $25 Million: The Financial Architecture Around Ilhan Omar
A cross-referencing investigation of FEC records, financial disclosures, corporate filings, SEC databases, and archived websites reveals how $2.98 million in campaign funds flowed to Rep. Omar's husband's firm, how replacement vendors have almost no other clients, how a venture capital firm went from $42 to a $25 million reported valuation with no SEC registration while claiming $60 billion in assets under management, and how nine advisor names were scrubbed from the firm's website as investigations closed in. Updated May 15, 2026: Omar amended the disclosure on March 26 to revise both companies' asset values to zero; the winery filed articles of termination April 4; the matter has been referred to the House Ethics Committee.
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Bondi defies bipartisan subpoena on Epstein files as DOJ claims firing makes it moot
The Justice Department told the House Oversight Committee that Pam Bondi's subpoena is no longer binding because Trump fired her as AG, but lawmakers from both parties say it was issued to her by name and threaten contempt charges.