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华盛顿 —— 众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默和多名共和党议员周四要求司法部就杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的长期助手提出的虐待指控展开调查，该助手称自己曾遭到两名男子的虐待。
这位助手萨拉·凯伦告诉监督委员会，她在为爱泼斯坦和吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦工作期间，曾遭到前迈阿密海滩市长菲利普·莱文和知名美发师弗雷德里克·费凯的虐待。
这项要求是在写给代理司法部长托德·布兰奇的一封信中提出的，该信件与凯伦5月接受委员会询问的笔录一同公开。众议院监督委员会正在就联邦政府处理爱泼斯坦和麦克斯韦案件的情况开展全面调查。
根据笔录内容，凯伦作证称，多年前她在为爱泼斯坦和麦克斯韦工作期间，曾遭到莱文和费凯的虐待。凯伦还作证称，麦克斯韦也曾虐待过她。
在信中，科默与众议员克莱·希金斯、威廉·蒂蒙斯、安迪·比格斯和劳伦·博伯特敦促司法部动用“所有可用手段，包括为部分证人提供豁免权”，调查这些指控以及“莱文和费凯所犯下的任何其他刑事行为”。
“萨拉·凯伦勇敢地在众议院监督委员会作证，讲述了她多年来在爱泼斯坦和麦克斯韦手下遭受的可怕虐待，”科默在一份声明中说道。“在她的笔录式询问中，监督委员会收到了涉及两人的严重刑事不当行为指控。”
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凯伦在委员会作证是国会调查中的一个重要时刻。在笔录公开前，科默称她的证词“是迄今为止我们所进行的最详实、最有成效的一次询问”，并表示她向议员们提供了三个此前不为人知的与涉嫌虐待有关的名字。
“今天非常积极的一点是，她向我们提供了三名参与虐待的人员的名字，”科默在5月21日的询问结束后对记者表示。“这些对我们来说都是全新的名字。”
凯伦大约从2000年开始担任爱泼斯坦的助手，她作证称自己多年来一直遭到爱泼斯坦的性虐待和心理虐待。
当被问及在爱泼斯坦身边是否有人虐待过她时，凯伦回答：“弗雷德里克·费凯，还有菲利普·莱文，显然还有吉斯莱恩。”
她作证称，费凯邀请她参加一个她称之为美发展会的活动后，在夏威夷虐待了她。她还指控莱文在她为爱泼斯坦和麦克斯韦在法国圣特罗佩工作期间虐待了她。
根据笔录内容，凯伦作证称，她当时没有向任何人透露莱文和费凯涉嫌虐待的情况，并且表示当时没有人目睹此事。
议员们的信件还强调了凯伦证词的另一个方面。据委员会介绍，凯伦表示，从她开始为爱泼斯坦工作起，直到2019年7月爱泼斯坦在纽约被捕后，她从未接到过联邦、州、地方或外国执法部门的联系。
委员会表示，正试图弄清为何在之前对爱泼斯坦和麦克斯韦的调查中，没有更早约谈凯伦。
此次移交是监督委员会调查的最新进展，该调查已从公开爱泼斯坦相关记录，扩展到审查爱泼斯坦的关联人员网络、政府对他和麦克斯韦的调查处理情况，以及与他们有关联人员的潜在不当行为。
近几个月来，委员会已经约谈了多名知名证人，包括前总统比尔·克林顿、前国务卿希拉里·克林顿、商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克、前司法部长帕姆·邦迪、亿万富翁商人莱斯·韦克斯纳，以及爱泼斯坦的关联人员达伦·因迪克和理查德·卡恩。
该小组正准备约谈更多证人，包括爱泼斯坦前关联人员莱斯利·格罗夫和比尔·盖茨，议员们将继续调查爱泼斯坦的关系网以及联邦政府对此案的处理情况。
爱泼斯坦2019年在等待联邦人口贩运指控审判期间，死于联邦羁押场所。麦克斯韦因被判犯有联邦人口贩运罪，目前正在服刑20年。
House Republicans seek DOJ probe of abuse allegations raised by Epstein’s assistant
June 4, 2026 / 10:59 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and several Republican lawmakers on Thursday asked the Justice Department to investigate allegations raised by Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistant that she was abused by two men.
Sarah Kellen, the assistant, told the Oversight Committee that she was the victim of abuse by former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai while working for Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The request came in a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and was released alongside a transcript from Kellen’s May interview with the committee, which is conducting a wide-ranging investigation into the federal government’s handling of the Epstein and Maxwell cases.
According to the transcript, Kellen testified that Levine and Fekkai abused her years ago while she was working for Epstein and Maxwell. Kellen also testified that Maxwell abused her.
In their letter, Comer and Reps. Clay Higgins, William Timmons, Andy Biggs and Lauren Boebert urged the Justice Department to use “all available tools, including immunity for certain witnesses,” to investigate the allegations and “any other criminal conduct committed by” Levine and Fekkai.
“Sarah Kellen bravely provided testimony before the House Oversight Committee about the horrific abuse she endured for years involving Epstein and Maxwell,” Comer said in a statement. “During her transcribed interview, the Oversight Committee received serious allegations of criminal misconduct involving two individuals.”
CBS News has reached out to the Justice Department for comment. Levine and Fekkai could not immediately be reached for comment.
Kellen’s appearance before the committee marked a notable moment in the congressional investigation. Before the transcript was released, Comer described her testimony as “by far the most substantive, productive interview that we’ve had” and said she had provided lawmakers with three previously unknown names connected to alleged abuse.
“One very positive thing today is she gave us three names of people that were involved in abuse,” Comer told reporters after the May 21 interview. “These were new names for us.”
Kellen, who worked as Epstein’s assistant beginning around 2000, testified that she was sexually and psychologically abused by Epstein for years.
Asked during her interview whether anyone associated with Epstein had abused her, Kellen responded, “Frédéric Fekkai, also Philip Levine, Ghislaine obviously.”
She testified that Fekkai abused her in Hawaii after inviting her to what she described as a hair show. She also alleged Levine abused her while she was working for Epstein and Maxwell in Saint-Tropez, France.
According to the transcript, Kellen testified that she did not tell anyone about the alleged abuse by Levine and Fekkai at the time and said no one witnessed it.
The lawmakers’ letter also highlighted another aspect of Kellen’s testimony. According to the committee, Kellen said she was not contacted by federal, state, local or foreign law enforcement authorities from the time she began working for Epstein until July 2019, after his arrest in New York.
The committee said it is seeking to understand why Kellen was not interviewed earlier as part of previous investigations into Epstein and Maxwell.
The referral is the latest development in the Oversight Committee’s investigation, which has expanded beyond the release of Epstein-related records to examine Epstein’s network of associates, the government’s handling of investigations into him and Maxwell, and potential misconduct by individuals connected to them.
The committee has interviewed a number of high-profile witnesses in recent months, including former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, former Attorney General Pam Bondi, billionaire businessman Les Wexner and Epstein associates Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn.
The panel is preparing to interview additional witnesses, including former Epstein associate Lesley Groff and Bill Gates, as lawmakers continue examining Epstein’s network and the federal government’s handling of the case.
Epstein died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted on federal sex-trafficking offenses.