Incoming Oversight Chair Rep. Robert Garcia to Epstein Files Holdouts: ‘Lawyer Up’

Democrats won control of the House in the Nov. 3 midterms. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee and its incoming chairman, put the Trump administration on notice with a two-word statement:

“Lawyer up.”

Garcia has said the committee’s priorities will include what Democrats call a cover-up of the Epstein files, along with alleged corruption tied to President Donald Trump’s family, corporate wrongdoing, and alleged abuses by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Once Democrats take the gavel in January, the committee will have subpoena power and won’t need Republican support to call witnesses or demand records.

Garcia has spent the year arguing that the Justice Department hasn’t fully complied with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. In February he said Democrats would seek an interview with President Trump in the Epstein investigation if they won the House. “We think it’s just getting started,” he said at the time.

Read the press release.