肯塔基州共和党籍众议员、众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯・科默周二表态，律师艾伦・德肖维茨未能按照安排，于周一到场接受书面录音问询。这场问询是委员会针对已定罪性犯罪者杰弗里・爱泼斯坦调查工作的一环，科默称德肖维茨缺席的行为令人无法接受。
科默于周二致信德肖维茨：“你的代理律师并未说明你拒绝接受问询的理由。委员会工作人员曾在 2026 年 7 月 15 日、17 日通过邮件跟进询问，你的律师依旧没有解释你拒绝出席书面录音问询的原因。”
“这种情况无法接受。” 科默在信中写道。
上周五，德肖维茨简短接受美国广播公司电话采访时表示，他的律师 “告知他现阶段不能出庭作证”。 他拒绝进一步说明缘由，也没有透露问询可能另行安排的时间。
自 2000 年代中期起，德肖维茨就加入律师团队，多次在调查中为性犯罪者爱泼斯坦提供法律服务，爱泼斯坦现已离世。
在爱泼斯坦前行政秘书莱斯利・格罗夫出席委员会听证之后，科默与多名爱泼斯坦案件受害者沟通，随后要求德肖维茨到场参与录像书面问询。
科默在 6 月 10 日谈及德肖维茨时表示：“我们有不少问题要向他核实。根据格罗夫女士的证词，以及部分爱泼斯坦案件受害者的陈述，衍生出大量疑问，我们将给他机会到场作出解答。”
德肖维茨此前曾表示，愿意出席众议院委员会，说明自己代理爱泼斯坦相关案件的工作，称自己掌握大量与这名声名狼藉的金融家相关的关键信息。
6 月初，德肖维茨在电话采访中告诉美国广播公司，委员会迟迟没有联系他安排问询，令他感到意外。
“我应该是他们最需要约谈的关键人物。我希望问询公开进行，并且全程宣誓作证。” 德肖维茨说。
德肖维茨声称，他掌握的信息能够推翻委员会目前收到的部分证词。他提出，部分爱泼斯坦案件受害者存在 “共同参与相关活动” 的情况。 “整件事远非表面看上去那样黑白分明，存在大量灰色地带。” 德肖维茨表示。
科默在信件中重新安排时间，要求德肖维茨在 2026 年 9 月 2 日亲自到场，接受录像书面问询。
“委员会坚持开展透明调查，期待你坦诚配合。我们不会容忍继续拖延。” 科默写道。
“倘若你拒不配合本次安排，委员会将动用一切可用手段，包括启动强制传唤程序。”
Comer calls it 'unacceptable' after Alan Dershowitz fails to appear before panel probing Epstein
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., called it "unacceptable" Tuesday that attorney Alan Dershowitz failed to appear Monday for a scheduled transcribed interview as part of the committee's probe into convicted sex offenderJeffrey Epstein.
"Your counsel failed to provide a reason for your refusal to testify," Comer wrote In a letter sent Tuesday to Dershowitz. "When Committee staff followed up with your counsel via email on July 15 and 17, 2026, your counsel again failed to provide an explanation for your refusal to attend your transcribed interview."
"This is unacceptable," Comer wrote.
In a brief phone call with ABC News last Friday, Dershowitz said his lawyers "instructed him that he is not permitted to testify at this time."
He declined to provide additional details about the reason or when it might be rescheduled.
Dershowitz was a member of a legal team that represented Epstein during multiple investigations of the now-deceased sex offender, beginning in the mid 2000s.
Comer requested that Dershowitz appear for a videotaped transcribed interview after he consulted with several Epstein victims following the appearance before the panel of Epstein's former executive secretaryLesley Groff.
"We will have questions for him," Comer said of Dershowitz on June 10. "We're going to give him an opportunity to come in and answer several, several questions that arose yesterday based on Ms. Groff's testimony and some things that some of the Epstein survivors said."
Dershowitz previously said he was eager to appear before the House panel regarding his work representing Epstein, saying he "has a lot of relevant information" about the disgraced financier.
In a phone interview with ABC News in early June, Dershowitz said he was "shocked" that the committee had not yet reached out to schedule an interview.
"I would be the most relevant person for them to call," Dershowitz said. "I want it to be open. I want it to be under oath."
Dershowitz claimed to have information that would contradict some of the testimony the committee has already heard, arguing that some of Epstein's victims were "complicit."
"The area is much grayer than it looks," Dershowitz said.
Comer is now requesting that Dershowitz testify for an in-person videotaped transcribed interview on Sept. 2, 2026.
"The Committee is committed to a transparent investigation and expects you to be forthcoming. The Committee will not tolerate any further delay," Comer wrote in his letter.
"If you fail to adhere to this request, the Committee will explore all available tools at its disposal, including the use of the compulsory process," he wrote.
