Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton are both going to have a very tough week.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is threatening to begin contempt of Congress proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton if they fail to appear under oath this week in the committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Bill Clinton is scheduled to testify on December 17. Hillary Clinton’s deposition is set for December 18.
Chairman 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.
The Clintons attempted to avoid having to sit under oath, and their attorney suggested in November that they could provide written answers to questions instead of appearing in person. Comer rejected the 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.
In September, the House Oversight Committee released 200 pages of letters to Epstein that was compiled by Maxwell. The collection included letters signed by Bill Clinton.
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.
If the Clintons defy their subpoenas there’s only one thing to do: Jail time. https://t.co/IjvcywAJBC
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) November 21, 2025
The committee investigation comes after President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, which requires the Justice Department to release documents related to Epstein. The House Oversight Committee also subpoenaed the Department of Justice for all records related to Epstein, requesting 300 gigabytes of files.
Epstein died under mysterious circumstances in a New York jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking and other charges related to helping traffic young girls for Epstein and his friends.