Washington – The House Oversite Committee has withdrawn a request for testimony about the case from Robert Muller which includes convict sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein, who, due to new information on the health of the former Special Advocate, a committee colleague told CBS News.
The colleague said in a statement, “We have learned that Mr. Muller has health issues that prevent him from being able to testify. The committee has withdrawn its sub -letter.”
Muller, who led the investigation of Russian medaling in the 2016 presidential election and provided a long -awaited report in March 2019, served as the director of the Federal Investigation Bureau for 12 years. the new York Times Informed On Sunday that the 81 -year -old has Parkinson’s disease, according to his family, who told the paper that he was diagnosed in 2021.
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Committee Released Last month, Muller demanded the deposit amount from the former justice department officials among others. Muller served as the FBI Director from 2001 to 2013.
The committee chairman James Cummer wrote in August 5, “Because you were the Director of FBI during the time when Mr. Epstein was investigating by FBI, the committee believes that you have relevant knowledge and information to investigate it.” Letter Muller, directing him to appear for a statement on 2 September.
This development has come in the form of controversy around Epstein files in recent months, after the release of an internal review findings by the Department of Justice, in which no “customer list” or evidence was found that Epstein blackmailed the major figures. But the issue has called for more transparency by dividing the base of President Trump.
Later at the end of the last month, the administration released a two -day interview tapes with Epstein’s long -time colleague, Ghishwin Maxwell. And the House Oversite Committee has planned to make some files, which are some files obtained from DOJ, which belong to Epstein Public.