Bill and Hillary Clinton refuse to testify in the Epstein case. Threatened with “contempt of Congress” proceedings

The former democratic president of the USA, Bill Clinton, and his wife Hillary Clinton, who led the American diplomacy and ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 2016, refused to testify before a committee of the House of Representatives in the investigation related to the files of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after they were subpoenaed following their appearance in several images and documents, reports EFE, Reuters and Agerpres.

“Each person must decide when they feel they have seen or endured enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, regardless of the consequences. For us, that time has now arrived,” the Clintons said in a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer.

“The decisions you have made and the priorities you have set as president in connection with the Epstein investigation have impeded progress in finding facts about the government's role,” the Clintons faulted Comer in the letter.

They also accuse the Republican congressman of trying to divert attention from current President Donald Trump's ties to Epstein to Democrats who also had dealings with the billionaire pedophile.

“Defying Congress”

In response, James Comer threatened the Clintons that if they did not appear at the hearing before his committee, he could invoke an attitude of defiance of authority, which risks bringing them criminal cases.

Jeffrey Epstein was originally indicted for a number of sex crimes, including child trafficking and pimping, in this case with political ramifications. But he committed suicide in custody in 2019 and the case has so far not been publicly resolved, fueling numerous theories.

The old friendly ties between Epstein and Donald Trump have been known for a long time, but the latter has always denied that he spent time at the billionaire's residence in the Virgin Islands, where, according to prosecutors, Epstein sexually trafficked underage girls for various personalities, including politicians. Trump also claimed that he severed all ties with Epstein before he was indicted and that he had no idea of ​​his practices.

In 2024, a New York judge released the names of Epstein's alleged contacts, acquaintances, relatives, victims and accomplices, including Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, without mentioning any illegal or reprehensible behavior on their part.

The US Congress passed a law on November 18 that allows the publication of all unclassified documents related to this case. This law, enacted by Trump despite his previous hesitations, gave the Justice Department up to 30 days to release those documents related to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, accused of complicity with the pedophile. Numerous documents and photos have already been released, but significantly redacted to protect the victims.

Bill Clinton, who had a friendly relationship with Epstein, appears in some of these documents. The former Democratic president has flown on the billionaire's plane several times for Clinton Foundation events, but like Trump, denies having knowledge of his doings or being on his island.

The US Department of Justice announced last week that it still has about 5.2 million pages of the Epstein files to study, so it will not be able to comply with the legal deadline for full publication of the documents.