US EditionComer declines latest Clinton offer, setting up contempt vote
Rep. James Comer insists on sworn, in-person depositions to enforce subpoenas in the Epstein probe, with 9 Democrats joining Republicans to advance contempt charges.
- The committee's chair, James Comer, turned down the Clintons' attorneys' offer, ensuring a House contempt vote this week in the Jeffrey Epstein probe.
- Nearly six months after the Committee's subpoena, lawyers held multiple discussions, but Comer rejected Hillary Clinton's proposed accommodations, citing delays and missed depositions.
- In a January 31 letter, the Clintons' lawyers proposed a voluntary, transcribed interview for Clinton limited to four hours in New York City, with bipartisan questioning and subpoena withdrawal requests.
- The committee warned that legal and political stakes increase as Comer pointed to Hunter Biden's deposition and Bill Clinton denies wrongdoing, refusing to testify.
- Comer refused to reclassify sworn depositions as voluntary interviews, saying he could not agree to limit the interview's scope, while Clinton attorneys offered Hillary Clinton a second sworn declaration or similar in-person interview but the committee declined.
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Comer accused of 'dragging his feet' on Epstein probe in fiery rebuke from colleague
A House Democrat uncorked a fiery broadside against House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Comer on Tuesday, accusing the Republican lawmaker of "dragging his feet" on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation with his escalating demands of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clin...
Bill and Hillary Clinton in a standoff with House Republicans over Epstein testimony
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are in a standoff with House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., over testimony the panel is seeking in its investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Comer rejects Clintons' offer for an interview
WASHINGTON — The Republican chair of a House Committee rejected an offer Monday from former President Bill Clinton to conduct a transcribed interview for a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, pushing the threat to hold both Clintons…
Comer rejects Bill and Hillary’s newest demands for subpoena accommodations * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link Bill Clinton speaks on Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. The House Oversight Committee has, for a second time, rejected demands from Bill and Hillary Clinton that they be given special treatment under the law and be allowed accommodations in order to answer questions from
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Clintons try to reach agreement for congressional Epstein testimony
The Republican leading the probe said an agreement had not been reached.
Clintons try to reach agreement for Epstein testimony before contempt of Congress vote
The Republican chair of a House Committee rejected an offer from former President Bill Clinton to conduct a transcribed interview for a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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