Congress Taking Action To Hold Clintons In Contempt Over Epstein Subpoena

In what will be a historic hearing that may lead to historic arrests, a U.S. House committee may soon formally hold former President and First Lady Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress and potentially order their arrest.

U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced in a statement the committee will meet on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, “to consider two resolutions and accompanying reports recommending to the U.S. House of Representatives that former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton be found in contempt of Congress for defying lawful subpoenas.”

“Bipartisan subpoenas issued to the Clintons are not suggestions. They are legally required to appear before the House Oversight Committee, yet they have defiantly delayed and denied their legal obligations. The Clintons are not above the law, and the House Oversight Committee will move to hold them in contempt of Congress. As Ranking Member Garcia has stated, ‘defying a congressional subpoena is highly illegal’ and ‘no one is above the law.’ If Democrats refuse to hold the Clintons accountable, they will expose themselves as hypocrites,” said Comer.

“On July 23, 2025, Republicans and Democrats on the Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee unanimously approved by voice vote a motion to issue subpoenas to ten individuals, including former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for testimony related to the horrific crimes perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Following the Subcommittee vote, on August 5, 2025, Chairman Comer issued the subpoenas,” the Committee reports.

“Former President Clinton’s deposition was initially requested on October 14, 2025, and then moved to December 17, 2025. President Clinton declined this date, citing the need to attend a funeral. The Committee said it would accommodate him if he would propose dates certain in January. He declined. The Committee issued a new subpoena with the deposition date set for January 13, 2026, and former President Clinton failed to appear,” the Committee adds.

“Former Secretary Clinton’s deposition was initially scheduled for October 9, 2025 and then moved to December 18, 2025. Secretary Clinton declined this date, citing the need to attend a funeral. The Committee said it would accommodate her if she would propose dates certain in January. She declined. The Committee issued a new subpoena with the date set for January 14, 2026, and former Secretary Clinton failed to appear,” the Committee concludes.

In a separate statement on the date of the original hearing, Comer said:

“Bill Clinton did not show up, and I think it’s important to note that this subpoena was voted on in a bipartisan manner by this Committee. This wasn’t something that I just issued as chairman of the Committee. This was voted on by an entire subcommittee in a unanimous vote to subpoena former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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“Not a single Democrat showed up today. Not a single Democrat—the ones who have press conferences on the Capitol steps and talk about how they’re trying to get justice for the victims and all that. It just seems like they only care about questioning Republicans. And we’ve had a former cabinet secretary, [Alex] Acosta, in for a grilling. We had Bill Barr, former attorney general, in for a grilling. But for whatever reason, President Clinton didn’t show up, and the Democrats on the committee don’t seem to have a problem. 

“We communicated with President Clinton’s legal team for months now, giving them opportunity after opportunity to come in, to give us a day, and they continue to delay, delay, delay, to the point where we had no idea whether they’re going to show up today or not.

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