Comer rejects Clintons’ interview request, schedules contempt vote for Wednesday

House Oversight Chairman James Comer said Tuesday he has rejected former President Bill Clinton’s and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “special treatment” requests regarding their testimony on Jeffrey Epstein and scheduled his panel’s vote to hold them in contempt for Wednesday. The Clintons were originally subpoenaed last year, and scheduled to appear in October, but the appearance was later pushed to December. It was then rescheduled again for January, but the pair later said they would not appear for their scheduled depositions.
The subpoenas are for the Clintons’ testimonies in an investigation regarding Epstein, who was an acquaintance of the former president and other powerful men. The pair have not been accused of any wrongdoing. 
Comer said the couple’s attorney had requested former President Clinton only testify before Comer and House Oversight ranking member Robert Garcia with just two staff members each and no official transcript. 
“The Clintons’ latest demands make clear they believe their last name entitles them to special treatment,” he said in a post on X. “The absence of an official transcript is an indefensible demand that is insulting to the American people who demand answers about Epstein’s crimes.”
Comer highlighted the former president’s history of “parsing language to evade questions” and lying under oath, and emphasized that the panel released the interviews of former Attorney General Bill Barr and former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta.
The chairman also claimed Hillary Clinton’s testimony was necessary because she could have information on the “federal government’s work to counter international sex-tracking [sic] rings” from her days as Secretary of State, along with her ties to Epstein ally Ghislaine Maxwell. 
“Without a formal record, Americans would be left to rely on competing accounts of what was said,” he said. “The House Oversight Committee rejects the Clintons’ unreasonable demands and will move forward with contempt resolutions on Wednesday due to their continued defiance of lawful subpoenas.”
Comer told Just The News last week that he has enough votes to approve the contempt charges in both the committee and on the House floor.
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.

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