Clintons Back Down, Agree to Testify in House Epstein Inquiry

Feb. 3, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC

Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will appear before a congressional committee investigating the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, their lawyers said Monday.

A full House vote had been planned this week to hold the Clintons in criminal contempt if they continued to defy subpoenas in its inquiry into Epstein and his activities.

“Please be advised, and please advise the chairman, that my clients accept the terms of your letter and will appear for depositions on mutually agreeable dates,” the lawyers said in an email to James Comer, the Kentucky ...

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