US EditionComer declines latest Clinton offer, setting up contempt vote
Rep. James Comer insists on sworn, in-person depositions to enforce subpoenas in the Epstein probe, with 9 Democrats joining Republicans to advance contempt charges.
- The committee's chair, James Comer, turned down the Clintons' attorneys' offer, ensuring a House contempt vote this week in the Jeffrey Epstein probe.
- Nearly six months after the Committee's subpoena, lawyers held multiple discussions, but Comer rejected Hillary Clinton's proposed accommodations, citing delays and missed depositions.
- In a January 31 letter, the Clintons' lawyers proposed a voluntary, transcribed interview for Clinton limited to four hours in New York City, with bipartisan questioning and subpoena withdrawal requests.
- The committee warned that legal and political stakes increase as Comer pointed to Hunter Biden's deposition and Bill Clinton denies wrongdoing, refusing to testify.
- Comer refused to reclassify sworn depositions as voluntary interviews, saying he could not agree to limit the interview's scope, while Clinton attorneys offered Hillary Clinton a second sworn declaration or similar in-person interview but the committee declined.
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Clintons try to reach agreement for Epstein testimony before contempt of Congress vote
The Republican chair of a House Committee rejected an offer from former President Bill Clinton to conduct a transcribed interview for a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Daily PressOversight chair rejects Clintons’ offer for Epstein testimony
WASHINGTON — Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chair of the Oversight Committee, on Monday rejected an offer from Bill and Hillary Clinton to testify in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, just days before an expected House vote on holding them in criminal contempt of Congress. For months, the Clintons have been adamant that they would not comply with subpoenas from the Republican-led committee that they have described as invalid and l…
'The Clintons are in contempt': Comer rejects Bill and Hillary's newest demands for subpoena accommodations * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Bill Clinton speaks on Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. The House Oversight Committee has, for a second time, rejected demands from Bill and Hillary Clinton that they be given special treatment under the law and be allowed accommodations in order to answer questions from Congress about the late, and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. The committee is investigating Epstein, his life and a…
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