Democrats on the House Oversight Committee will be holding a shadow field hearing as part of the Epstein investigation in Palm Beach, Florida on April 14, 2026.
Hold a shadow field hearing in Palm Beach, Florida as part of the Epstein investigation.
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"Today, Rep. Robert Garcia... announced Democrats on the House Oversight Committee will be holding a shadow field hearing as part of the Epstein investigation in Palm Beach, Florida on April 14, 2026. The field hearing will include testimony from survivors and important witnesses in the investigation."
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"Today, Rep. Robert Garcia... and local Democratic Members held a hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida, as part of its Jeffrey Epstein investigation."
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held a hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida, as part of its Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
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The field hearing, led by Ranking Member Robert Garcia, was held as part of the Epstein investigation in Palm Beach, Florida
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"Hearing: Survivors Fight for Justice: Exposing Epstein's Crimes in Palm Beach and Across the World | | 05/12/26 09:30AM"
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"on May 12, 2026, Oversight Committee Democrats convened the first-ever hearing to solicit testimony from survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes."
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"Rep. Robert Garcia 5/11/2026 5/12/2026 Epstein Hearing DC - West Palm Beach - DC"
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"hearing directly from survivors last month at the Oversight Democrats field hearing in Palm Beach County."
Assessments
Garcia publicly announced the shadow field hearing in Palm Beach, Florida as part of the Epstein investigation, and an official House Oversight Democrats release later confirmed that he and other Democrats actually held the hearing in West Palm Beach on May 12, 2026. West Palm Beach satisfies the Palm Beach, Florida substance of the promise, and the outcome occurred while Garcia was serving in federal office, so this counts as delivered in the same term.
Garcia publicly announced that Oversight Democrats would hold a shadow field hearing in Palm Beach, Florida as part of the Epstein investigation, and a later official release confirms that he and other Democrats did in fact hold the hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida on May 12, 2026. That fulfills the promise in substance: the hearing occurred in the promised area and for the promised investigative purpose, even though it happened later than the initially announced April 14 date.