US EditionClintons agree to testify in House Epstein investigation, aide says
Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to testify under oath to avoid criminal contempt as part of the House Oversight Committee's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
- On Monday, Former President Bill Clinton and Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed to testify in the House Oversight Committee's Jeffrey Epstein probe, averting a planned contempt vote later this week.
- Republicans subpoenaed the Clintons in August, and after months of resistance, the Oversight panel advanced criminal contempt charges last month while rejecting their alternative offers.
- Attorneys for the Clintons asked Comer not to proceed with contempt when they offered to comply, and Comer `We don't have anything in writing`, saying he was open but uncertain.
- The prospect of a contempt vote raised the possibility of Congress holding a former president in contempt for the first time, and a House Democrat said testimony from the couple is expected over the next few weeks.
- The Clintons and their spokesperson responded that House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said his caucus would discuss contempt later this week but remained noncommittal, amid questions over unreleased DOJ material.
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The former president and former chief of American diplomacy finally agreed to be heard before Congress about their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify in Epstein probe
The Clintons had earlier declined to appear in person, saying the Republican-led House investigation was aimed at protecting President Donald Trump. Bill Clinton was known to have associated with Epstein in the 1990s.
The marriage will appeal against the threat of a contempt charge by the Chamber
In the face of an imminent trial, the Clinton couple is now ready to testify to a parliamentary committee on the Epstein affair. They are not charged with any personal misconduct.[more]]>
The Clintons, according to their own statements, were looking forward to creating a "precedence case that applies to everyone." The couple's commitment was made against the background of a threat of prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have said they are ready to testify before a congressional committee about the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The Clintons hope to "set a precedent that applies to everyone," a spokesman for the former president told the X network on Monday.
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