Capitol Lens | Virtual deposition – Roll Call

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Capitol Lens | Virtual deposition

(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Bill Clark

Posted February 9, 2026 at 3:13pm

House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James R. Comer arrives in the Rayburn House Office Building on Monday for the closed-door deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted accomplice of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who appeared at the deposition virtually.

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