WASHINGTON − The House Oversight Committee voted July 23 to subpoena the Justice Department for files related to Jeffrey Epstein, answering calls from lawmakers and voters alike for more information on the disgraced financier and sex offender.

The committee also moved to request documents related to Epstein investigations from a swath of other well-known figures, including former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The vote on Epstein case files follows weeks of drama and rare dispute between President Donald Trump, who had a long friendship with Epstein, and his MAGA base.

Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, offered the motion, and Republican Reps. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Brian Jack of Georgia sided with Democrats in voting for it.

Perry later followed with his own motion, which also passed, to expand the committee’s investigation to subpoena high-profile Democratic officials who Republicans allege did not address Epstein while they were in office.