{"id":2578629,"date":"2026-03-11T12:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-to-question-epstein-prison-guard-comer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:57:53","slug":"house-oversight-to-question-epstein-prison-guard-comer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-to-question-epstein-prison-guard-comer\/","title":{"rendered":"House Oversight to question Epstein prison guard: Comer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-oversight-to-question-epstein-prison-guard-comer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2578629&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The House oversight and Government Reform committee plans to question Tova Noel, the prison guard on duty the night jeffrey epstein died at a federal jail in New York in August 2019, to better understand the circumstances surrounding his death. The move comes as Comer and the committee seek a transcribed interview with Noel amid lingering questions about whether Epstein\u2019s death was suicide, including reports that Noel searched online for Epstein updates and deposited $5,000 in cash ten days prior. Noel has said she did not use Google to search for Epstein in a sworn DOJ statement. Two other correctional officers were charged with falsifying records about Epstein\u2019s cell checks, but those charges were dropped as part of a plea agreement. separately, New Mexico authorities reopened an investigation into Epstein\u2019s Zorro Ranch, a site linked to his illicit activities; the property is now owned by Don Huffines, who plans to convert it into a Christian retreat and has cooperated with the search. Comer indicated the questions may involve the DOJ\u2019s role, and he welcomed the on-the-ground state investigation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Oversight intends to bring in Epstein prison guard for questioning: Comer<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2525156\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight-committee\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1524\">House Oversight and Government Reform Committee<\/a> is planning to seek testimony from a prison guard who was working on the night that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1860\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> died at a federal prison in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"286\">New York City<\/a> in August 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Tova Noel has been accused of searching online for updates on Epstein the day he died and depositing $5,000 in cash 10 days before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epsteins-brother-demands-to-see-bannons-unseen-footage-of-sex-offender-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...s brother demands to see Bannon\u2019s unseen footage of sex offender ... Washington Examiner\">convicted sex offender&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s death, according to resurfaced records from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"167\">Justice Department<\/a>. As a result, the committee wants to bring her in for questioning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4487518\/iran-war-gives-massie-primary-opening-trump-drops-into-district\/\">Iran war gives Massie a primary opening as Trump drops into his district<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4487286\/house-republicans-reconciliation-despite-trump-indifference\/\">Johnson pushes reconciliation 2.0 with no clear plan and Trump&#8217;s focus elsewhere<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4487301\/johnson-republicans-hispanic-voters-ice-operations\/\">Johnson says GOP had &#8216;little hiccup&#8217; with Hispanic voters over ICE operations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1931\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY), who chairs the House oversight committee, made the announcement on Fox News&rsquo;s <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6390712692112\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6390712692112\">Jesse Watters Primetime<\/a><\/em>  Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4480699\/2026-primaries-incumbent-warning-signs\/\"><strong>FIRST 2026 PRIMARIES REVEAL TROUBLE FOR INCUMBENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Epstein is believed to have died by suicide, but the congressional panel is not so sure.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because of the fact that, honestly, most people on the committee aren&rsquo;t confident 100% that Epstein&rsquo;s death was by suicide, we&rsquo;re going to ask Ms. Noel to come in for a transcribed interview,&rdquo; Comer said, stressing she is not accused of any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Noel was one of two Metropolitan Correctional Center guards <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/correctional-officers-charged-falsifying-records-august-9th-and-10th-metropolitan\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/correctional-officers-charged-falsifying-records-august-9th-and-10th-metropolitan\">charged with falsifying records<\/a> in which they lied about checking Epstein&rsquo;s cell every 30 minutes as required. Their charges were later dropped as part of a plea agreement.<\/p>\n<p>In a sworn statement to the DOJ, Noel denied using Google to search for Epstein updates.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of questions remain regarding Noel&rsquo;s behavior in the days leading up to Epstein&rsquo;s death. Comer said he is especially concerned about the &ldquo;mysterious&rdquo; $5,000 cash deposit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reason that stands out to me, Jesse, is because very seldom are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-if-youre-looking-for-election-rigging-look-no-further-than-media-treatment-of-hunter-biden-saga\/\" title=\"FNC&#039;s Carlson: &#039;If You&#039;re Looking for Election Rigging, Look No Further&#039; Than Media Treatment of Hunter Biden Saga\">suspicious activity reports<\/a> even reported for sums less than $10,000. So that&rsquo;s a mystery there,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s something that, according to the DOJ documents, they never looked into, never asked her about.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The congressman&rsquo;s remarks came as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-mexico\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"769\">New Mexico<\/a> authorities started searching Zorro Ranch, a remote property once owned by Epstein. The search was conducted on Monday after New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez reopened a criminal investigation into the ranch last month.<\/p>\n<p>The state&rsquo;s initial investigation was closed in 2019. Comer admitted the DOJ may have had something to do with that.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It perhaps was the Southern District of New York because they had taken over the investigation at that point,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;So again, these are questions that we have. We want to get the answers, but I will say publicly, I&rsquo;m glad that the New Mexico authorities are on the ground searching that property.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Zorro Ranch is believed to have been the site of Epstein&rsquo;s illicit activities, the extent of which was recently revealed by a state lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have people coming forward saying they were drugged, had sex organs and sperm harvested from their bodies, and woke up around medical equipment not knowing where they were or what happened to them,&rdquo; Democratic New Mexico state Rep. Andrea Romero <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15632109\/Zorro-search-Jeffrey-Epstein-bodies-girls-rough-sex.html\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15632109\/Zorro-search-Jeffrey-Epstein-bodies-girls-rough-sex.html\">told the <em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4464661\/new-mexico-investigation-epstein-zorro-ranch\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4464661\/new-mexico-investigation-epstein-zorro-ranch\/\">NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL REOPENS INVESTIGATION INTO EPSTEIN&rsquo;S SECLUDED ZORRO RANCH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Years after Epstein&rsquo;s death, Zorro Ranch got new ownership. In 2023, a limited liability company connected to the family of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"253\">Texas<\/a> businessman Don Huffines bought the property from Epstein&rsquo;s estate.<\/p>\n<p>Just days before the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >renewed state investigation started<\/a>, Huffines announced he wants to convert the property into a Christian retreat. New Mexico&rsquo;s Department of Justice said the current owners cooperated with the search this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Oversight to question Epstein guard over death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2578630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP21145680936628.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7734,9006,75089,3976,75551],"class_list":["post-2578629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-comer","tag-epstein","tag-house-oversight-2","tag-investigation","tag-prison-guard"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP21145680936628.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578633,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578629\/revisions\/2578633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}