Congressional committee votes to issue subpoena for Jeffrey Epstein files

Jeffrey Epstein. Picture: New York State Sex Offender Registry/AP

A subcommittee in the US House of Representatives has voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex-trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Three Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight voted with Democrats for the measure, sending it through on an 8-2 vote. Republican subcommittee chairman Clay Higgins said work to draft the subpoena was beginning.