{"id":445810,"date":"2026-02-03T03:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445810\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T03:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:29:08","slug":"ex-us-president-bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-to-testify-in-epstein-probe-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445810\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-US President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton to testify in Epstein probe | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Clintons agree to testify in congressional probe of high-society sex offender Jeffrey Epstein amid contempt threat.<\/p>\n

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Former \u200dUnited States President Bill \u200dClinton and Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, will testify in a congressional investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, a spokesperson for the ex-president said.<\/p>\n

The \u2060decision by the Clintons announced on Monday could head off a planned vote in the Republican-led \u200bHouse of Representatives to hold the high-profile Democratic Party veterans in contempt for refusing to appear before lawmakers, which could lead to criminal charges.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe former President and former \u200cSecretary of State will be there. They look forward to setting a precedent that applies to everyone,\u201d the Clintons\u2019 deputy chief of staff, Angel Urena, said \u200cin a post on social media.<\/p>\n

Urena posted the announcement above a House Oversight Committee statement from earlier on Monday that accused the Clintons of \u201cdefying lawful subpoenas\u201d and of \u201ctrying to dodge contempt by requesting special treatment\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Clintons are not above the law,\u201d the Oversight Committee said.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Oversight Committee recommended the couple be held in contempt for refusing \u200dto testify about \u2060their relationship with Epstein.<\/p>\n

The Clintons had offered to cooperate with the committee\u2019s probe into Epstein, but refused to appear in person, saying the investigation was a partisan exercise aimed at protecting President Donald Trump, who was a longtime friend of Epstein.<\/p>\n

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson welcomed the news from the Clintons, but \u200cdid not say whether the chamber \u2060would drop its planned contempt vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a good development,\u201d he said. \u201cWe expect everyone to comply with Congress\u2019s subpoenas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democrats say the House probe is being weaponised to attack political opponents of Trump \u2013 who has not been called to testify despite being long associated with Epstein \u2013 rather than to conduct legitimate oversight.<\/p>\n

Trump spent months trying to block the disclosure of investigative files linked to Epstein, but pressure from his Make America Great Again (MAGA) base and some Republican lawmakers forced the president to order the release of millions of documents<\/a> in the case.<\/p>\n

Bill Clinton flew on Epstein\u2019s plane several \u200ctimes in the early 2000s after leaving office. He has expressed regret about the relationship and said he knew nothing about\u00a0 Epstein\u2019s criminal activity.<\/p>\n

Hillary Clinton said she had no meaningful interactions with Epstein, never flew on his plane and never visited his private island.<\/p>\n

The Epstein affair continues to cast a long shadow over US politics, and now, the United Kingdom\u2019s, entangling prominent figures including the disgraced former-prince Andrew and ex-UK ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson.<\/p>\n

UK police said on Monday they are reviewing reports of alleged misconduct involving Mandelson, whose name surfaced more than 5,000 times in the US Justice Department files on Epstein.<\/p>\n

The veteran British politician was fired as ambassador to the US last \u200dyear after emails came to light that showed him calling Epstein \u201cmy best pal\u201d and advising him on seeking early release from prison.<\/p>\n

Mandelson has apologised to Epstein\u2019s victims and denied wrongdoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Clintons agree to testify in congressional probe of high-society sex offender Jeffrey Epstein amid contempt threat. Published…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3071,1076,3,111,1049,21,19,22,20,25,1209,24,55123],"class_list":{"0":"post-445810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-us-canada","20":"tag-usa","21":"tag-womens-rights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}