Bill and Hillary Clinton are set to testify before Congress regarding their ties to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Following extensive negotiations, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has agreed to a deposition with the House Oversight Committee scheduled for February 26. Former President Bill Clinton will follow suit on February 27.
These sessions with the Clintons will take place behind closed doors, where they will be both transcribed and filmed, which is customary for such depositions. Notably, this marks the first instance of a former president testifying to Congress under subpoena.
James Comer, the Republican Chair of the House Oversight Committee, emphasized in a statement on Tuesday, “Members from both parties on the Oversight Committee have made it clear: no one is exempt from the law, including the Clintons.”
The Clintons had faced a potential contempt vote in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives this week, which was called off following their agreement to testify.
Comer remarked that the Clintons “have completely relented and will participate in the transcribed, filmed depositions this month.”
‘We look forward to questioning the Clintons as part of our investigation into the horrific crimes of Epstein and Maxwell, to deliver transparency and accountability for the American people and for survivors,’ Comer added.
Clinton spokesman Angle Urena posted on X Monday that the Clintons ‘negotiated in good faith’ with the committee and ‘look forward to setting a precedent that applies to everyone’ with their testimonies.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer at the U.S. Capitol on February 3, 2026.
Bill Clinton, 42nd US President and his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th US Secretary of State, arrive at the Booksellers Room of the White House on the occasion of the State Dinner with the Kenyan president at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2024
During a Sunday CNN appearance, Congressman Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, said he was willing to vote to hold both Clintons in contempt of Congress, but only if Attorney General Pam Bondi is also found to be in contempt.
‘I will definitely vote no on any partisan measure, one side or the other,’ Raskin stated, adding ‘I want all of the information from everybody, and I want everybody to come forward and comply.’
An effort to add Bondi’s name to the contempt charges for not releasing the Epstein files fast enough failed during the House Oversight Committee meeting last month.
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee led the advancement of two resolutions criminally charging former President Clinton and his wife, Hillary, with contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas to testify about their ties to Epstein as part of an ongoing congressional investigation last month.
The committee voted 34-8-2 in favor of Bill Clinton’s resolution and 28-15-1 for Hillary Clinton’s on the 21st of January.
Nine Democrats voted for Bill Clinton’s contempt resolution while only three Democrats voted for Hillary’s.
Former President Bill Clinton is seeing aboard a private jet along with Epstein’s former girlfriend and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in this image released by the U.S.Department of Justice
Former President Bill Clinton is seen alongside Epstein in this image released by the U.S.Department of Justice
Comer succeeded in convincing a significant portion of members that the Clintons were defying the subpoenas.
Despite the Clintons’ willingness to speak with committee staff and negotiate a date and format for questioning, Comer dismissed five months of talks as a ‘stall tactic.’ He accused them of trying to run out the clock on the Republican-led investigation until the next Congress.
To avoid contempt charges, the Clintons’ lawyers offered Comer and ranking Democrat Robert Garcia a meeting with Bill Clinton alone in New York without an official transcript—an offer Comer had rejected.
