Republican Rep. James Comer made a heated defense and promise not to shield an accomplice of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffery Epstein after he was criticized for watering down the rules of an investigation.
"I made my position clear: I am not open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell," Comer wrote on X in response to an article by Politico reporter Hailey Fuchs.
In the Wednesday article, Fuchs reported that Comer told her that "a lot of people" and fellow members of the House Oversight Committee, which he chairs, want to pardon Maxwell.
"My committee is split on that," Comer is quoted saying in the article, which stated that "Comer himself wasn't in favor."
Despite the clarification of Comer's position on Maxwell, he felt like he needed to reiterate it on X in response to Fuchs posting her article.
"In the future, use my full statement," Comer posted. "Don't post clickbait."
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee penned a letter on April 17 to Comer for "running scared" from the Epstein investigation and allowing informal "roundtables" without rules.
"Republicans are retreating from real hearings and hiding behind roundtables to avoid votes they are losing," House Democrats wrote in the letter.
