WASHINGTON >> The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena today to the Justice Department for its files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in federal prison awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, and Ghislaine Maxwell, his longtime associate.

The committee also sent subpoenas to 10 former Democratic and Republican government officials whom it said it was seeking to depose in relation to Epstein and Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking and other crimes.

Rep. James R. Comer of Kentucky, the committee’s Republican chair, requested that the documents be delivered by Aug. 19.

Should the Justice Department fail to meet that deadline, it could set up a high-profile clash between the Trump administration and Congress over an issue that

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