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Comer requests Epstein suspicious activity reports from Treasury Dept

Comer requests Epstein suspicious activity reports from Treasury Dept

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent requesting the Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) regarding Jeffrey Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. Comer sent the letter on Sunday, saying his committee is “reviewing the possible mismanagement” of the federal government’s investigation of Epstein and Maxwell, including Epstein’s death. The letter set a deadline of Sept. 15 for the Treasury to produce relevant SARs. “It is essential that Treasury produce to the Committee certain SARs to assist the Committee’s oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell,” the letter states. EPSTEIN ESTATE HIT WITH NEW HOUSE SUBPOENA FOR ‘CLIENT LIST,’ CALL LOGS Fox News Digital reached out to the Treasury Department for comment on the letter but did not immediately hear back. Earlier this year, Comer established the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, which requested that the Department of Justice release all Epstein-related records. The DOJ began handing over records to the committee on Aug. 22. Comer has also issued deposition subpoenas to several former government officials, including former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. PRINCE ANDREW, JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S FRIENDSHIP FUELED BY ‘MONEY AND SEX’: AUTHOR Other figures also compelled to appear were former FBI Director Robert Mueller, former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Mueller was set to appear before the House Oversight panel on Tuesday as part of the probe, though a source familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital that lawmakers “learned that Mr. Mueller has health issues that preclude him from being able to testify.”  “The committee intends to withdraw its subpoena,” the source said.  Mueller would have been the second witness to appear in-person before the committee after former Attorney General Bill Barr did so last month. Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind and Alex Miller contributed to this report.

Flotilla activists speak out before setting sail from Barcelona to Gaza

Flotilla activists speak out before setting sail from Barcelona to Gaza

Activists addressed the media as the Global Sumud Flotilla prepared to depart for Gaza from Barcelona, aiming to deliver urgent food and supplies to the enclave. Greta Thunberg said dozens of boats have joined the effort to break Israel’s blockade and ‘deliberate denial of basic survival needs’. Published On 31 Aug 202531 Aug 2025 Adblock test (Why?)

Pakistan’s Punjab evacuates half a million people stranded by floods

Pakistan’s Punjab evacuates half a million people stranded by floods

Published On 31 Aug 202531 Aug 2025 Nearly half a million people have been displaced by flooding in eastern Pakistan after days of heavy rain swelled rivers, relief officials said, as they carried out a massive rescue operation. Three transboundary rivers that cut through Punjab province, which borders India, have swollen to exceptionally high levels, affecting more than 2,300 villages. Nabeel Javed, the head of the Punjab government’s relief services, said on Saturday that 481,000 people stranded by the floods had been evacuated, along with 405,000 livestock. Overall, more than 1.5 million people have been affected by the flooding, including in Lahore, the provincial capital and the country’s second-largest city. “This is the biggest rescue operation in Punjab’s history,” Irfan Ali Khan, the head of the province’s disaster management agency, said at a news conference. He said more than 800 boats and some 1,300 rescue personnel were involved in evacuating families from affected areas, mostly located in rural areas near the banks of the three rivers. The latest spell of monsoon flooding since the start of the week has killed 30 people, he said, with hundreds left dead throughout the heavier-than-usual season that began in June. “No human life is being left unattended. All kinds of rescue efforts are continuing,” Khan said. More than 500 relief camps have been set up to provide shelter to families and their livestock. In the impoverished town of Shahdara, on the outskirts of Lahore, dozens of families were gathered in a school after fleeing the rising water in their homes. Advertisement In mid-August, more than 400 Pakistanis were killed in a matter of days by landslides caused by torrential rain on the other side of the country, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, close to Afghanistan and the only province held by the opposition to the federal authorities. In 2022, unprecedented monsoon floods submerged a third of Pakistan, with the southern province of Sindh being the worst-affected area. Adblock test (Why?)