Clintons Scheduled To Give House Oversight Testimony - Beritaja

Former President Bill Clinton and erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are group to attest to the House Oversight Committee adjacent week for its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, a committee spokeswoman said.

The depositions will beryllium held successful Chappaqua, New York, connected Feb. 26 and 27, according to the spokeswoman. The Clintons person not been accused of immoderate wrongdoing.

While about of the depositions the committee has held successful relationship pinch its probe into Epstein person taken spot successful Washington, the committee has made exceptions. Billionaire Les Wexner’s deposition took spot astatine his property successful New Albany, Ohio, and Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell appeared virtually for her deposition from a national situation campy successful Texas.

The Clintons were primitively group to attest earlier the committee past year, but that was postponed to accommodate their schedules. They became progressive successful a standoff pinch House Republicans aft they refused to look for rescheduled grounds earlier the committee this month.

The committee subpoenaed the Clintons successful August, requesting grounds related to Epstein, on pinch respective apical erstwhile Justice Department officials, including erstwhile Attorneys General Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch and Alberto Gonzales and erstwhile FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller.

The Clintons said they would comply pinch the lawsuit aft the committee voted to beforehand contempt resolutions against them to the House floor. Consideration of the solution was suspended earlier this period aft the Clintons said they would supply testimony.

The mates favored providing grounds astatine an unfastened proceeding and suggested Feb. 26 for Hillary Clinton's grounds and Feb. 27 for Bill Clinton's. Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., however, said astatine the clip that the 2 had agreed to recorded depositions and “the rules of a modular deposition, truthful they’re not going to beryllium treated immoderate otherwise than anyone else.”

Spokespeople for the Clintons did not instantly respond to requests for remark about the scheduled depositions.

The Justice Department has released millions of pages of files related to Epstein since the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed. The first group it released precocious past twelvemonth included pictures of Bill Clinton. At the time, Clinton’s spokesperson, Angel Ureña, said the erstwhile president flew connected Epstein’s level for Clinton Foundation trips successful the early 2000s, earlier Epstein had been charged pinch immoderate activity crimes.

Bill Clinton has denied immoderate wrongdoing. He antecedently said he trim ties pinch Epstein earlier Epstein was accused successful 2006 of having had activity pinch a minor.

Hillary Clinton’s spokesperson, Nick Merrill, said successful a connection successful December, “Since this started, we’ve been asking what the hellhole Hillary Clinton has to do pinch this, and [Comer] hasn’t been capable to travel up pinch an answer.”