Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband former President Bill Clinton will be deposed by the House Oversight Committee next week the committee’s probe into Jeffrey Epstein.
The Democratic power couple will finally be forced to testify under oath as part the committee’s probe into Jeffrey Epstein in their home state of New York.
The testimony will take place in Chappaqua, just north of New York City, where the Clinton’s have lived since leaving the White House in 1999.
Hillary Clinton’s deposition is scheduled for Feb. 26, while Bill Clinton will sit down with congressional staff and lawmakers on Feb. 27.
“The Clintons’ depositions will be held in Chappaqua, New York on February 26 and 27 as an accommodation for their schedules. The depositions are in accordance with House and Committee rules,” a spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee said.
The move to New York for the depositions is not unprecedented.
Committee staff and some lawmakers were in Ohio on Wednesday to depose former Victoria’s Secret CEO Leslie Wexner, a former client of Epstein’s financial advisory firm who was named in documents released by the DOJ about the late pedophile thousands of times.
The long-awaited depositions from the Clintons will come after months of back-and-forth and legal posturing with committee Republicans about various terms being negotiated for the meetings.
“The Clintons’ testimony is critical to understanding Epstein and [Ghislaine Maxwell’s] sex trafficking network and the ways they sought to curry favor and influence to shield themselves from scrutiny,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said Thursday evening.
“Their testimony may also inform how Congress can strengthen laws to better combat human trafficking. Our goal for this investigation is straightforward: we seek to deliver transparency and accountability for the American people and for survivors.”
House Republicans nearly moved forward with a vote on holding them both in contempt of Congress last month after the Clintons’ lawyers ripped Comer’s subpoenas as legally invalid and a breach of separation of powers.
If the votes were successful, they would both have been referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution. A guilty verdict for contempt of Congress carries up to one year in jail and a maximum fine of $100,000.
But days before the expected vote, the Clintons’ counsel told Comer they would agree to testify.
In the days since, however, both Clintons have waged a public pressure campaign demanding they get public hearings instead of a closed-door transcribed and taped interview.
Hillary Clinton issued the challenge to Comer earlier this month in a post on X, saying Republicans have ignored her and former President Bill Clinton’s previous testimony on the topic.
“For six months, we engaged Republicans on the Oversight Committee in good faith. We told them what we know, under oath. They ignored all of it. They moved the goalposts and turned accountability into an exercise in distraction,” Hillary wrote.
For six months, we engaged Republicans on the Oversight Committee in good faith. We told them what we know, under oath.
They ignored all of it. They moved the goalposts and turned accountability into an exercise in distraction.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 5, 2026
Bill Clinton also issued a statement claiming he was being fully cooperative.
“I have called for the full release of the Epstein files. I have provided a sworn statement of what I know. And just this week, I’ve agreed to appear in person before the committee. But it’s still not enough for Republicans on the House Oversight Committee,” Bill Clinton posted on X this month.
“Now, Chairman Comer says he wants cameras, but only behind closed doors. Who benefits from this arrangement? It’s not Epstein’s victims, who deserve justice. Not the public, who deserve the truth. It serves only partisan interests. This is not fact-finding, it’s pure politics.”
Comer has said that public hearings are not out of the question, but that the closed-door depositions will happen first, according to Fox News.
As previously reported by The Horn News, the committee issued subpoenas to the Clintons last August along with several former Justice Department officials, including former Attorneys General Merrick Garland, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, William Barr, Jeff Sessions and Alberto Gonzales.
The investigation is examining the Clintons long personal relationship Epstein and his sex trafficking partner Ghislaine Maxwell, who was a guest of honor at Chelsea Clinton’s wedding.
The Clintons had skipped depositions scheduled for mid-January, forcing Comer to threaten contempt charges.
“No witness — not a former President or a private citizen — may willfully defy a duly issued congressional subpoena without consequence,” he warned at the time.
The move also comes after Clinton’s lawyers requested that additional questions for Hillary Clinton be “addressed through a supplemental sworn declaration” rather than in-person testimony.
Comer rejected the proposal.
“The Clintons are in contempt of Congress. Their attorneys’ latest letter makes clear they still expect special treatment because of their last name. The Clintons do not get to dictate the terms of lawful subpoenas. I have rejected their latest offer,” Comer said.
The Clintons are two of over a dozen people and entities who have been subpoenaed for information in the committee’s bipartisan Epstein probe.