State of impeachment against the Clintons. “No one is above the law.” This is about the Epstein case

On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee voted to impeach former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for contempt of Congress. This is the result of their refusal to appear for hearings as part of the Capitol Hill investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The vote for Hillary Clinton was mostly along party lines, 28 to 15, with three Democrats supporting the Republicans. In the decision regarding the former president, nine Democrats and Republicans voted in favor of impeachment, which resulted in a vote of 34 to 8.

– By voting to impeach the Clintons for contempt of Congress, the committee sent a clear message: no one is above the law and justice must be applied equally regardless of position, background or prestige. – said the committee's Republican chairman, James Comer.

The Washington Post predicts that the committee's decision opens the way to a February vote by the entire House of Representatives. It will concern the transfer of findings regarding contempt of Congress to the Department of Justice for possible initiation of criminal proceedings.

The newspaper points out that such a schedule gives the Clintons time for further negotiations with the commission, and Democratic leaders the opportunity to lobby against the resolution in the lower house. Contempt of Congress is punishable by up to one year in prison.

So far, the Clintons have not been charged in court with any crime related to Jeffrey Epstein. They emphasized that they did not have information relevant to the investigation.

As the former president's spokesman previously explained, Bill Clinton met Epstein several times and traveled on his plane four times. However, at that time he had no knowledge of the financier's criminal activities.

In a letter sent Tuesday to the oversight committee, lawyers for the Clintons argued that they had made attempts to cooperate to schedule limited-scope talks with committee leaders and staff but were repeatedly rebuffed. In their opinion, the lack of willingness to reach an agreement on the part of the committee “confirms that the subpoenas (for hearings) do not serve legislative purposes, but are used to harass and achieve political benefits.”

Andrzej Dobrowolski from New York (PAP)

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