Just one day after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton were informed they must testify in front of the House Oversight Committee this week, the couple is now able to skirt away from the proceedings.
For now.
Doesn’t it feel like Hillary is laughing directly in your face?
Yesterday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) threatened to begin contempt of Congress proceedings against the duo if they failed to appear under oath this week in the committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Bill Clinton was scheduled to testify on December 17. Hillary Clinton’s deposition was set for December 18.
However, news broke this afternoon that powerful Republican-led House committee now pushed back the deadline for the Clintons to testify.
Comer informed the Clintons’ attorney David Kendall that now they wanted depositions from the former first couple by the middle of NEXT month.
“Committee staff told you that the Committee is open to rescheduling the testimony but that it would need definitive new dates in January before canceling the currently scheduled dates,” Comer told Kendall.
“You replied that you are unwilling to provide any alternative dates for your clients’ testimony.
“Therefore, the Committee has chosen the date of January 13, 2026, for the deposition of President Clinton and January 14, 2026, for the deposition of Secretary Clinton. If your clients do not comply with these new dates, the Committee will move immediately to contempt proceedings,” the Oversight chairman added.
Kendall had informed the panel that neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton could testify Wednesday and Thursday of this week, as previously noted via the aforementioned subpoenas, since both will be attending a funeral.
The stunning delay comes after Comer sent a letter to the Clintons’ attorney, David Kendall, on Friday warning that further delays would not be tolerated — and could end with them in jail.
“It has been more than four months since Bill and Hillary Clinton were subpoenaed to sit for depositions related to our investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s horrific crimes,” Comer wrote.
“Throughout that time, the former President and former Secretary of State have delayed, obstructed, and largely ignored the Committee staff’s efforts to schedule their testimony. If 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.”
The subpoenas were approved on July 23, 2025, by both Republicans and Democrats on the Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee. Chairman Comer formally issued the subpoenas on August 5.
This is the latest saga and back-and-forth between Comer and the Clintons, who also accused Kendall on Monday of submitting a Dec. 10 letter to Oversight panel members that “ignore[s] the Committee’s arguments, misstates relevant facts, and seeks information about the Committee’s investigation to which neither you nor your clients are entitled.”
The Clintons have so far been able to skirt any kind of congressional testimony and have attempted to avoid having to sit under oath dating back to November when their attorney suggested that they could provide written answers to questions instead of appearing in person.
Comer ultimately rejected that proposal.
“Given their history with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, any attempt by the Clintons to avoid sitting for a deposition would be in defiance of lawful subpoenas and grounds to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings,” Comer wrote in his letter at the time.
Bill Clinton’s close personal relationship with Epstein is well documented. The former president flew on Epstein’s private plane multiple times, at times leaving behind his secret service detail. Photographs show Clinton receiving a massage from one of Epstein’s victims during one flight. Clinton invited Maxwell to their daughter Chelsea’s wedding as a guest of honor.
The committee subpoenaed Hillary Clinton in part because she hired Maxwell’s nephew to work for her 2008 presidential campaign and later employed him at the State Department when she served as Secretary of State.
The Clintons are among ten individuals subpoenaed by the committee, including former Attorney General Merrick Garland, former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller, and former Attorneys General William Barr, Alberto Gonzales, Jeff Sessions, Loretta Lynch, and Eric Holder.