WASHINGTON — Former President Invoice Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify in a Home investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Angel Ureña, a spokesperson for Invoice Clinton, responded in a submit Monday to a letter from Home Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., saying the Clintons had “negotiated in good religion” and that Comer “had not.”
“They informed you beneath oath what they know, however you don’t care,” Ureña wrote. “However the former President and former Secretary of State might be there. They sit up for setting a precedent that applies to everybody.”
It was not instantly clear when and the place the Clintons will testify.
In an announcement Monday night time, Comer stated that whereas attorneys for the Clintons stated they agreed to the phrases, “these phrases lack readability but once more and so they have supplied no dates for his or her depositions.”
“The one motive they’ve stated they comply with phrases is as a result of the Home has moved ahead with contempt. I’ll make clear the phrases they’re agreeing to after which talk about subsequent steps with my committee members,” Comer stated.
The Oversight Committee beforehand voted to advance contempt resolutions for the Clintons to the Home flooring. The Guidelines Committee was assembly Monday to approve the resolutions, with an anticipated vote this week.
The committee subpoenaed the Clintons in August together with a number of prime former Justice Division officers, together with former Attorneys Basic Merrick Garland, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, William Barr, Jeff Classes and Alberto Gonzales; and former FBI Administrators James Comey and Robert Mueller requesting testimony “associated to the horrific crimes perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein.”
The first set of Epstein recordsdata launched by the Justice Division included quite a few footage of Invoice Clinton, who his spokesperson stated had flown on Epstein’s aircraft for Clinton Basis journeys within the early 2000s, earlier than Epstein was charged with any intercourse crimes.
Invoice Clinton has denied any wrongdoing. He beforehand stated that he minimize ties with Epstein earlier than the financier was accused in 2006 of getting intercourse with a minor.
In a December assertion, Hillary Clinton’s spokesperson, Nick Merrill, stated, “Since this began, we’ve been asking what the hell Hillary Clinton has to do with this, and [Comer] hasn’t been in a position to give you a solution.”
Earlier on Monday, Comer rejected a proposal that got here in from attorneys for the Clintons over the weekend. On Saturday, the attorneys stated that Invoice Clinton would sit for a four-hour transcribed interview in New York Metropolis, based on a duplicate of the letter which was obtained by NBC Information. The attorneys wrote that the “scope of the interview could be confined to issues associated to the investigations and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein.”
The attorneys additionally requested that extra questions for Hillary Clinton be “addressed by way of a supplemental sworn declaration” somewhat than in-person testimony. However they stated that, if wanted, she would sit for an in-person interview following the identical format because the one requested for her husband.
In his response to that provide Monday, Comer referred to as the request for the committee to withdraw its subpoena and contempt decision previous to the interview “not cheap.”
