Bill and Hillary Clinton will testify in the US House of Representatives probe into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the former president’s spokesman said early Tuesday (IST).
“The former president and the former secretary of state will be there. They look forward to setting a precedent that will apply to everyone,” Angel Urena said on X.
The House Rules Committee had advanced resolutions accusing the Clintons of refusing a subpoena to appear in person to explain their ties to Epstein.
“After defying subpoenas, Bill and Hillary Clinton seek to avoid contempt by demanding special treatment. The Clintons are not above the law,” the watchdog wrote on X.
The Clintons initially refused to appear before lawmakers who were probing how authorities handled earlier investigations of the disgraced financier.
They have now agreed to testify in the US House Epstein probe.
The Epstein affair continues to cast a long shadow over Washington, entangling some of the most prominent names in American politics and highlighting the bitter partisan battles that shaped the scandal.
Democrats say the investigation is being used to attack political opponents of President Donald Trump — himself a longtime Epstein associate who has not been called to testify — rather than conducting legitimate surveillance.
Trump has spent months trying to block the release of investigative files linked to Epstein, who for years moved in elite circles and cultivated ties to billionaires, politicians, academics and celebrities.
Neither Trump nor the Clintons have been charged with crimes related to Epstein’s activities.
In letters initially refusing to appear in Washington, the Clintons argued that the subpoenas were invalid because they lacked a clear legislative purpose.
Republicans say the Democratic couple’s past ties to the business magnate, including Bill Clinton’s use of his private jet in the early 2000s, justify an in-person questioning under oath.
Instead, the couple submitted written affidavits describing their knowledge of Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking.
Bill Clinton admitted he flew on Epstein’s plane for humanitarian work related to the Clinton Foundation, but said he never visited his private island.
Hillary Clinton said she had no meaningful interactions with Epstein, never flew on his plane and never visited his island.
The contempt vote and its targeting of the Clintons may have exposed divisions among Democrats in Congress.
Some Democrats have acknowledged privately that their party has long argued that no one should be off the hook in trying to uncover the full extent of Epstein’s crimes.
But others worried that pushing for contempt resolutions would play into a partisan strategy to deflect attention from Trump’s past contacts with Epstein.
Last week, the Justice Department released what it said would be the final batch of files related to the Epstein investigation.
