The action will come months after subpoenas were issued to Clinton and his wife, Hillary, in the Epstein inquiry.
WASHINGTON—House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said that his committee will move to hold President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress after he did not show up on Jan. 13 to testify in an inquiry into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Comer said the committee will do so next week during markup. He noted the 2025 subpoena received bipartisan support months ago, one of multiple subpoenas for other individuals involved.
The former president’s wife was also subpoenaed by the committee.
“Hillary Clinton’s supposed to show up tomorrow. We’ll see what happens there,” he said. “No one’s accusing Bill Clinton of any wrongdoing. We just have questions.”
Clinton posted a letter to Comer on X on Jan. 13. The letter, co-signed by his wife, Hillary Clinton, described the subpoenas of the pair as “legally invalid.”
“You are on the cusp of bringing Congress to a halt to pursue a rarely used process literally designed to result in our imprisonment,” the Clintons wrote. “This is not the way out of America’s ills, and we will forcefully defend ourselves.”
