Former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton will testify in a congressional investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a staffer has said.
The decision could divert a planned vote in the Republican-led House of Representatives to hold the two prominent Democrats in contempt, which could lead to criminal charges.
The House Oversight Committee recommended last week that they be held in contempt for refusing to testify about their relationship with Epstein.
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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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