Former United States (U.S) President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have agreed to testify on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, before the House Oversight Committee.
The announcement came just days before the Republican-led House was set to vote on holding the couple in criminal contempt of Congress for defying earlier subpoenas.
The development follows months of tension between the high-profile Democrats and the committee, chaired by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.). The panel has been examining potential connections to Epstein, including what high-level figures may have known about his criminal activities involving sex trafficking.
Bill Clinton’s deputy chief of staff Angel Ureña posted on X confirming the couple would appear before the panel.
“They negotiated in good faith,” Ureña wrote in a tweet directed at the House Oversight Committee. “You did not.
“They told you under oath what they know, but you don’t care. But the former President and former Secretary of State will be there. They look forward to setting a precedent that applies to everyone.”
Both Clintons say they previously provided the committee with sworn statements and have already provided the “limited information” they had on Epstein.
Pan-Atlantic Kompass reports that Clinton decided to testify on Epstein days after the U.S Department of Justice released millions of files on the late sex offender.
Recall that Clinton has been fingered in the controversy surrounding Epstein. Epstein’s private jet logs show that Clinton took four international flights in 2002 and 2003.
The former president also appears at the late financier’s estate in photos that were among a batch of records released by the justice department to comply with a law passed by Congress mandating the disclosure of all investigative material relating to the late convicted paedophile.
One picture shows the former president swimming in a pool, and another shows him lying on his back with his hands behind his head in what appears to be a hot tub.
Ureña, Clinton’s spokesman, said at the time the photos were released in December that they were decades old and Clinton had stopped associating with Epstein before his crimes came to light.
