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Band before Oversight
Doug Band, a former aide to former President Bill Clinton, appeared before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers investigated convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
“Doug Band, former aide to Bill Clinton, repeatedly tells panel he cannot recall interactions with Epstein: Sources Band appeared for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee”
NBC26 said lawmakers were expected to ask about Band’s relationship with Epstein and whether Band flew on Epstein’s plane and whether he knew if Clinton ever traveled to Epstein’s island.
ABC News reported that Band, questioned for four hours in a closed-door interview, repeatedly told lawmakers he could not recall his involvement on several topics related to Epstein.
ABC News also said records released by the Department of Justice as part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act included emails between Band, Epstein and Maxwell arranging dinners over the course of about a year, with the bulk exchanged between 2001-2004 before Epstein faced criminal charges in Florida in 2006.
Contradictions and quotes
CNN reported that GOP Rep. Nancy Mace said Band “turned out to clearly not know the difference between the truth and a lie,” after Band amended his earlier assertion about Clinton visiting Epstein’s island.
CNN also quoted Mace saying Band “contradicted his Vanity Fair interview from a couple of years ago,” and said she has asked House Oversight Chair James Comer to subpoena Band.
ABC News said multiple sources familiar with Band’s testimony said he had no evidence or information that President Clinton ever went to Epstein’s island, Little St. James, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, despite telling Vanity Fair on the record in 2020 that Clinton had visited the island.
ABC News further reported that Band told the committee he didn’t remember why he had made that claim to Vanity Fair, and that he did not recall engaging with Epstein on flights he took with Clinton on Epstein’s private jet.
What’s at stake next
NewsNation said Chairman James Comer requested in a letter dated March 3 that Band appear before the House Oversight Committee, writing that “the Committee believes you have information that will assist in its investigation.”
“Doug Band, center, a former aide to Bill Clinton, arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026”
NewsNation also said the Justice Department’s library of Epstein investigative material includes dozens of mentions of Band, including many emails between him and Ghislaine Maxwell, and that Maxwell is serving a 20-year federal prison term for her part in an underage sex trafficking enterprise.
ABC News reported that House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told reporters before Band’s appearance, “We know that Mr. Band set up several meetings between Clinton and Epstein,” and said Band accompanied Clinton on several flights on Epstein’s jet.
ABC News added that Comer said Band had “a lot of communication with Ms. Maxwell,” framing it as a topic of several questions as the committee continues its probe into the government’s handling of the investigations into Epstein.
