Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State and one-time presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have now agreed to testify before Congress in the ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
The agreement comes just in time. The House of Representatives had been preparing to vote on holding the Clintons in contempt of Congress for refusing to appear before the House Oversight Committee. That vote is now off the table after their legal team agreed to the committee’s terms, avoiding a confrontation that would have been unprecedented and explosive.
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Bill is scheduled to sit for a filmed and transcribed deposition on February 27, per BBC News and others on Tuesday, with Hillary set to appear the day before that on February 26. There will be no time limit to either of their interviews.
This marks the first time a former US president has testified before a congressional panel since Gerald Ford in 1983, underscoring just how serious and unusual this moment is.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer did not mince words when addressing the reversal in a statement sent out to the media:
“Once it became clear that we would hold them in contempt, the Clintons completely caved. Republicans and Democrats on the Oversight Committee have been clear: no one is above the law — and that includes the Clintons.”
Until recently, the Clintons had taken a defiant stance, arguing they had already submitted sworn statements outlining what they described as their supposedly limited knowledge of Epstein. Which, uh, Bill, are ya REALLY sure about that?
Anyway… they had also previously dismissed the House Oversight Committee’s legal summonses as:
“Nothing more than a ploy to attempt to embarrass political rivals, as President Trump has directed.”
The pressure only intensified as bipartisan support grew for holding them in contempt. A last-minute offer from the Clintons’ lawyers proposing limited testimony was rejected over concerns that Bill would run out the clock.
Confirmation of their appearance came Monday night from Bill Clinton’s deputy chief of staff Angel Ureña, who fired back publicly at the committee in a post on X (Twitter) that said this:
“They negotiated in good faith. You did not. They told you under oath what they know, but you don’t care. But the former President and former Secretary of State will be there. They look forward to setting a precedent that applies to everyone.”
It’s important to note that neither Bill nor Hillary have been accused of wrongdoing by survivors of Epstein’s abuse.
Both deny any knowledge of his crimes, to boot. Hillary has said she never met or spoke to Epstein. Bill has acknowledged a past acquaintance, including flights on Epstein’s private jet in the early 2000s, but his team claims those trips were tied to Clinton Foundation work and ended long before Epstein’s crimes became public.
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Still, photographs, flight logs, and unanswered questions have kept this story alive. As for the Clintons themselves, they have accused Comer of politicizing the investigation and stalling meaningful progress.
Now, under oath and on camera, they will have to answer. And the whole world will be watching to see what they say…
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