US EditionClintons agree to testify in House Epstein investigation, aide says
The Clintons agreed to testify after resisting subpoenas for months to avoid contempt votes with potential fines and jail time, aiming to set an equal accountability precedent.
- Late Monday, Bill Clinton, former President, and Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, agreed to appear for depositions before the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee, averting an immediate contempt showdown later this week.
- After months of refusing subpoenas last year, the Clintons proposed a four-hour transcribed interview and sworn declaration, prompting Rep. James Comer, Chair, House Oversight Committee, to advance criminal contempt charges.
- The Clintons' lawyers proposed a four-hour transcribed interview for Bill Clinton in New York City and a sworn declaration from Hillary Clinton, later agreeing to appear on mutually agreeable dates.
- By agreeing to testify, the Clintons likely delayed potential referrals, as the procedural vote in the House Rules Committee was postponed just before planned contempt actions.
- Historically, no former U.S. president has testified before Congress since 1983, with the Clintons' potential appearance in the Epstein probe being nearly unprecedented, amid a 218-to-214 Republican majority.
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Clintons finalise agreement to testify in Jeffrey Epstein probe
Former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton have finalised an agreement with House Republicans to testify in an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein this month, bowing to the threat of a contempt of Congress vote against them.
Clintons to testify this month to House panel over Epstein ties
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will appear before a House committee investigating their ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Feb. 26 and 27, the panel confirmed Tuesday.
The Clintons and the Clock: At Last, A Deposition Date With the Oversight Committee – Jeffrey Lord
After months of lawyerly jousting and slow-walking, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will sit for filmed, closed-door, transcribed depositions before the House Oversight Committee at the end of this month. Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., says Hillary Clinton will appear Feb. 26, with Bill Clinton following Feb. 27, under the same terms. Both sessions will be recorded, Comer’s statement said. This is the pa…
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said today that he has agreed to the dates proposed by Bill and Hillary Clinton for testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, ending the ongoing contempt of Congress proceedings against them.
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