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Oversight committee chair James Comer said that he will move to hold former president Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify as part of the ongoing investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein case. Speaking to reporters, the Republican lawmaker from Kentucky said that he will begin the proceedings during the committee’s markup period next week.

This comes legal representatives for both Bill and Hillary Clinton sent an eight-page letter to Comer notifying him that they would not comply with the subpoenas compelling them to appear before the committee to deliver in-person testimony.

“To my knowledge, former president Clinton has never answered questions about Epstein, and we just had questions,” Comer said today. “I think anyone would admit they spent a lot of time together while Bill Clinton was president and post-presidency.”

Depending on the type of contempt citation, Clinton could either be forced to comply with the subpoena by a federal court, or even face prosecution by the justice department.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Clinton has been openly demanding all the epstein files release.

So I wager hes not trying to avoid any personal consequences, so much as hes trying to avoid being made center stage at the distraction circus with a kangaroo court.

[–] phx@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

And why would Clinton need to speak before CONGRESS? He's not a sitting president, in any sort of government position, or AFAIK involved in anything really close to government at all.

If he's a suspect, have the fucking police interview him.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Only reason to drag him before congress (and cameras) is to distract from Trumps actual complicity in not only raping young girls, but trafficking them through Mar-A-Lago.

If there was any actual evidence of Clintons criminal activities, he'd already be arrested and being paraded infront of cameras nonstop by this admin