From The Daily BS:
A powerful House committee is threatening to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress if the two continue trying to avoid their Jeffrey Epstein-related depositions.
As part of an ongoing investigation, the House Oversight Committee had issued subpoenas in August to the Clintons and other high-profile Democrats with connections to child sex trafficker Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
The Clintons have argued that in-person depositions are unnecessary, with their lawyer telling the committee that the couple has “little to contribute…all of which can be readily submitted on paper.”
Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., disagreed, replying Friday that “[t]he Committee is not obligated to defer to either your or your clients’ determination regarding the importance or quantity of the information they possess; and it declines to do so.”
“Rather, the Committee is entitled to a fulsome examination of this information, which should include the ability to elicit the information in person and to ask relevant follow-up questions,” Comer said.
In a separate comment, he added that “[g]iven their history with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, any attempt by the Clintons to avoid sitting for a deposition would be in defiance of lawful subpoenas and grounds to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings.”
Bill Clinton is scheduled for an in-person deposition Dec. 17, while Hillary Clinton’s is scheduled for Dec. 18. (Read more.)
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