Clintons refuse to testify in US House Epstein investigation
Clintons refuse to testify in US House Epstein investigation
Clintons refuse to testify in US House Epstein investigation as Republicans threaten contempt proceedings
House Republicans could initiate contempt of Congress proceedings against former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
Former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton said Tuesday, January 13, they will refuse to comply with a congressional subpoena for them to testify in an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
The Clintons slammed a Republican-controlled committee's attempts as "legally invalid" as GOP lawmakers prepare contempt of Congress proceedings against them. In a letter released on social media Tuesday, the Clintons told the chair of the House Oversight Committee, Republican Representative James Comer, he was on the cusp of a process "literally designed to result in our imprisonment."
Comer said he will begin contempt of Congress proceedings next week. That would potentially start a complicated and politically messy process that Congress has rarely reached for.