Former US president Bill Clinton and his wife—former secretary of state Hillary Clinton—have agreed to testify in the Jeffrey Epstein case before the US House of Representatives’ Oversight Committee.
Previously, the Clintons had repeatedly declined to cooperate with the committee, which is investigating the financier Epstein’s contacts with members of the political elite. Against the backdrop of these refusals, the committee had been preparing to put to a vote whether to hold the Clintons in contempt of Congress, CNN reported.
“They acted in good faith. You did not. They testified under oath to everything they know, but that does not interest you. Nevertheless, the former president and the former secretary of state will appear. They expect to set a precedent that will affect everyone,” the Clintons’ spokesperson, Angel Ureña, wrote on the social network X in response to a post by the committee’s chair, Republican James Comer.
The timing and format of the testimony have yet to be determined.
Previously, Bill Clinton, who served as US president from 1993–2001, repeatedly stated that he was not aware of Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal activities and had no involvement in them.
On January 30, the largest collection of documents to date in the Epstein case was made public—concerning the financier accused of sexual abuse of minors and human trafficking, who died in jail in 2019. The materials point to his ties with a wide circle of senior politicians, business leaders, members of royal families, and celebrities from across the world.