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Clintons agree to testify in House Epstein investigation, aide says
- 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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The former president and his wife refused for months to comply with a House subpoena in the Epstein probe, calling it a Republican political move, but agreed to testify just before a contempt vote, in a first for a US president, while hinting Trump should face the same precedent
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The decision is a twist on the position maintained by the marriage in recent months and the threat of a contempt charge
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