Bill and Hillary Clinton face possible arrest for refusing to testify before Congress about Jeffrey Epstein. Photo / Getty Images
Bill and Hillary Clinton face possible arrest for refusing to testify before Congress about Jeffrey Epstein. Photo / Getty Images
Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary, a former US Secretary of State, are facing the possibility of arrest after refusing to testify before Congress about Jeffrey Epstein.
The couple were ordered to give depositions to the Republican-led House Oversight Committee regarding the former President’s relationship with thepaedophile on August 5.
However, the couple made it clear they had no plans to appear on Capitol Hill in a letter sent to James Comer, the Republican chairman of the committee.
“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,” the letter reads.
The Clintons said they had instead provided Comer with sworn statements, similar to those he had accepted from other individuals who had been subpoenaed.
“If the Clintons do not appear for their depositions, the House oversight committee will initiate contempt of Congress proceedings.”
It means Bill and Hillary Clinton could face a criminal investigation and potential jail time.
The committee “will move next week” to hold Clinton in contempt of court, a source told Fox News. It is not clear if the same is planned for Clinton.
Congress rarely holds people in contempt but it can lead to serious consequences: Trump adviser Steve Bannon was jailed for four months in 2022 for defying a Congressional subpoena during the Democrat-led investigation into the January 6 riots.
Bill Clinton with an unknown woman. Photo / US Department of Justice
Peter Navarro, a former White House adviser, was jailed in 2024 for four months for refusing to appear before Congress and provide documents about January 6.
The inquiry is part of the oversight committee’s investigation into Epstein that began before the Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed into law in November.
The act gave Donald Trump’s justice department 30 days to release all documents it had related to Epstein. So far, 100,000 have been made public with thousands more outstanding.
Among the documents that were released were photos of Clinton relaxing in a hot tub with an unidentified woman.
Another picture showed him in a swimming pool with Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who is serving 20 years in prison for trafficking children to Epstein.
Mr Clinton was pictured in a hot tub with an unidentified woman in an Epstein files release. Photo / US Department of Justice
The subpoenas noted that Clinton flew on Epstein’s plane four times between 2002 and 2003, after he left office.
During one trip, Clinton was photographed being given a massage by Chauntae Davies, one of Epstein’s victims.
The former President has never been accused of any wrongdoing.
In response to the newly emerged photographs, Clinton demanded the full release of all the documents held on Epstein and accused Trump’s government of presiding over a limited release of records in order to protect “someone or something”.
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