Bill and Hillary Clinton will testify in a US House investigation surrounding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a spokesman for the ex-president said, heading off a potential vote to hold the couple in contempt.
They had originally refused to appear before lawmakers examining how authorities handled earlier investigations into the disgraced financier, who had connections and correspondence with the world's business and political elite.
"The former President and former Secretary of State will be there. They look forward to setting a precedent that applies to everyone," Angel Urena said on X.
The House Rules Committee had advanced resolutions accusing the Clintons of defying subpoenas to appear in person to explain their links to Epstein, who died in custody in 2019.
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Former US President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to appear before the House Oversight Committee as part of the investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein case, The New York Times reported, noting that the couple yielded to Republican demands just days before a vote on holding them in contempt of Congress.
ReplyDeletePreviously, the couple had for months refused to comply with subpoenas from committee chairman James Comer, calling the investigation politically motivated. The decision to change their position was made after some Democrats on the committee sided with Republicans on the issue of holding the Clintons criminally liable for non-cooperation.
Bill Clinton’s upcoming appearance on Capitol Hill to testify in the Epstein case is to be nearly unprecedented: since 1983, no former president has testified before Congress.
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