{"id":22362,"date":"2025-12-14T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=22362"},"modified":"2025-12-14T05:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:25:00","slug":"comer-issues-ultimatum-to-clintons-testify-in-epstein-probe-or-face-contempt-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=22362","title":{"rendered":"Comer Issues Ultimatum to Clintons: Testify in Epstein Probe or Face Contempt of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are facing intense pressure to appear for depositions in the ongoing investigation into convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-KY) delivered a stern warning in a press release Friday, stating the &#8220;time&#8217;s up&#8221; for the powerful couple to comply with Congressional subpoenas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Comer noted that the Clintons were initially subpoenaed more than four months ago to sit for depositions related to the horrific crimes committed by Epstein and Maxwell. He accused the former President and former Secretary of State of having &#8220;delayed, obstructed, and largely ignored&#8221; the Committee staff\u2019s efforts to schedule their testimony throughout that period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Chairman emphasized the gravity of the situation, stating: \u201cIf the Clintons fail to appear for their depositions next week or schedule a date for early January, the Oversight Committee will begin contempt of Congress proceedings to hold them accountable.\u201d The depositions are currently scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday of next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The subpoenas issued by Comer in August were part of a broader push to investigate the Epstein probe, which also targeted other prominent figures. Among the names listed at the time were former U.S. Attorney General William Barr, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and former FBI Director James Comey, as reported by Breitbart News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The former President&#8217;s association with Epstein has been a subject of public scrutiny for years. In his 2024 book, <i>Citizen: My Life After the White House<\/i>, former President Clinton acknowledged flying aboard Epstein\u2019s private plane, often dubbed the &#8220;Lolita Express,&#8221; claiming the travel was connected to his work with the Clinton Global Initiative nonprofit. Despite this, Clinton wrote, \u201cI wish I had never met him,\u201d asserting that the association was &#8220;not worth the years of questioning afterward.\u201d Records also show that Epstein visited the White House at least 17 times shortly after Clinton was sworn into office in 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Comer had previously sent a letter in November to the Clintons\u2019 attorney, reiterating that the couple must appear in person for their depositions related to the federal investigation of Epstein and Maxwell. A spokesperson for Comer told Fox News that the Clintons believe they are &#8220;above the law&#8221; and are actively attempting to avoid giving depositions. The spokesperson confirmed the ultimatum on Friday, telling the outlet, \u201cWe communicated to the Clintons\u2019 attorney today that they must appear next week or provide a date in early January to appear for their depositions or we will begin contempt of Congress proceedings. They\u2019ve been dragging their feet for over four months. Time\u2019s up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are facing intense pressure to appear for depositions in the ongoing investigation into convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-KY) delivered a stern warning in a press release Friday,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}