Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive before the 60th Inaugural Ceremony on January 20, 2025 at the Capitol in Washington.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Republicans on Thursday House Oversight Committee obtaining his and the former president’s certificate Bill Clinton about a sex offender Jeffrey Epstein not in closed session as lawmakers had planned, but in public.
Hillary Clinton made the request after she and Bill Clinton dropped efforts to resist a subpoena to testify before the committee, whose Republican leadership had threatened to vote in contempt of Congress if they refused to appear.
“For six months, we have faithfully engaged Republicans on the Oversight Committee,” Hillary Clinton said in a post on X. “We told them what we knew under oath. They ignored it all. They moved the goalposts and turned reporting into an exercise in distraction.”
“So let’s stop the games, if you want this fight, @RepJamesComerlet’s make it public,” wrote Clinton, mentioning the name of the chairman of the commission.
“You like to talk about transparency. There is nothing more transparent than a public hearing, with the cameras on.”
James Comer, Chairman of the Oversight Committee of the House of Representatives, said this reporters on Tuesday The Clintons were told they would be “treated no differently than anyone else” and their subpoenas would be required to go to a committee rather than a public hearing.
“If they go through the statements and still want a public hearing, we’ll try to do something,” Comer said that day.
“The Clintons are going to Clinton and trying to spin the facts because no one is buying their claims. As always, the Clintons and their lawyers are moving the goalposts,” an Oversight Committee spokesperson told CNBC on Thursday when asked about Hillary Clinton’s X post.
“The Clintons have been served with a bipartisan subpoena, not a hearing. Republicans and Democrats on the House Oversight Committee voted to recommend that the House hold the Clintons in contempt of Congress for defying properly issued subpoenas for six months,” the report said.
“After deference to the congressional process, Clinton’s attorney agreed to release taped, transcribed statements on February 26 and 27,” the spokesman said.
“These statements are in accordance with House and Committee rules. All witnesses interviewed as part of the Epstein investigation have been treated fairly and consistently. The Committee has tape-recorded interviews with all witnesses, including former US Attorney General Bill Barr and US Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, both of whom are Republican witnesses.”