Comer isn't committing to a larger probe into the case of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, even as demand for more information dominates the headlines, but he has okayed the deposition conducted by Republicans and Democrats.
Comer told CNN arranging for a conversation with Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence, will require preemptive talks.
"We'll see if if she's requiring any kind of terms to meet, obviously with respect to if she's wanting a pardon or any type of immunity, that's off the table because I don't think any Republican would would support that," Comer said. "She's been convicted of some very serious crimes, and she's going to have to be held accountable for those crimes. But she has said publicly she wants to talk."
Pressed on President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson's evolving responses to the uproar over the case, Comer dismissed suggestions that either were trying to distance themselves from the matter.
But Comer's House colleague Thomas Massie isn't singing the same tune. The Fourth District Kentucky Republican is gathering support to push for a vote on the release of any Epstein files.
"They're trying to beat up on me to keep everybody else in line here, and I think it's not working," he said this week.
The Trump administration continues to face blowback over the Department of Justice announcement that no further Epstein-related evidence would be released — running counter to prior promises.