Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking testimony from private investigators Paul Lavery, Stephen Kiraly and William Riley, who reportedly removed evidence from late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein‘s home in Palm Beach prior to a police search in 2005, according to letters reviewed by ABC News.
The evidence, which included three desktop computers and more than two dozen phone directories, was reportedly never obtained by the Department of Justice and lawmakers want to interview the men responsible for the removal of what could’ve potentially been key evidence for police and prosecutors as part of the investigation into Epstein’s sex trafficking.
“[T]he Committee requests that you make yourself available for a transcribed interview to provide insight into the contents, removal, storage, and location of the materials removed from Mr. Epstein’s Palm Beach home,” Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) wrote in letters sent to the three private investigators who were working for Epstein at the time.
“The Committee also seeks information regarding the reason for the removal of these materials, the potential withholding of these materials from law enforcement, and any other information regarding the activities and crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and any of his co-conspirators,” he added.
Garcia formally requested that Lavery, Kiraly and Riley ll appear separately for voluntary transcribed interviews, with a deadline for a response set for April 9. ABC News previously reported about the potential evidence being removed last month, which was suspected to have possibly shielded Epstein from legal scrutiny and led to him largely evading justice for an extended period of time prior to his actual arrest and conviction.
The Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility faulted Alexander Acosta, who ranked as Miami’s top federal prosecutor at the time, for agreeing to a plea deal with Epstein on charges prior to securing the missing computers, including one suspected of having footage from the convicted pedophile’s home surveillance cameras, in a 2020 report.
“There was good reason to believe the computers contained relevant — and potentially critical — information; and it was clear Epstein did not want the contents of his computers disclosed,” the report stated.
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