Clintons to face contempt proceedings after refusing to testify about Jeffrey Epstein
The former US President, along with his wife and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were summoned by the House Oversight Committee in August last year.
While the relationship between Clinton and Epstein has been well documented, the former US president has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
US House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Tuesday said that his panel will move to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress after the former President failed to depose before it in connection with his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
FILE – Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listen during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
What Clintons said
On Tuesday, the Clintons wrote a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman, informing him that they do not plan to appear for their scheduled depositions.
“Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, no matter the consequences,” the Clintons wrote in the letter. “For us, now is that time.”
“We are confident that any reasonable person in or out of Congress will see, based on everything we release, that what you are doing is trying to punish those who you see as your enemies and to protect those you think are your friends,” they wrote.
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The Clintons also said they had anticipated that Comer would still direct his committee to seek to hold them in contempt, and they expected him to “release irrelevant, decades-old photos that you hope will embarrass us.”
Comer, who said that the Committee would initiate contempt proceedings against them, also noted that no one is accusing Clinton of wrongdoing, but lawmakers have questions.
While the relationship between Clinton and Epstein, which goes back to the 1990s, has been well documented, the former US president has not been accused of any wrongdoing by any of the survivors.
Clinton has also repeatedly denied having known about Epstein’s involvement in sex trafficking.
This undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows former President Bill Clinton with a group of unknown people. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)
In December 2025, as part of the release of the Epstein documents, the US DOJ released several photographs of Clinton with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in various social settings, such as on private planes and at a pool.
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While the relationship between Clinton and Epstein has been well documented, the former US president has not been accused of any wrongdoing. 
