Bill and Hillary Clinton delay depositions in House Oversight panel’s Jeffrey Epstein probe
The Clintons have been subpoenaed to testify before the House Oversight Committee, in the panel’s investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein case. The Washington Post via Getty Images
The Clintons have delayed their depositions in the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, had been scheduled to testify before the panel on Oct. 9 but did not appear. Bill Clinton was expected to testify on Tuesday regarding his connections to Epstein.
An Oversight Committee spokesperson told The Post Monday that the panel is “having conversations with the Clintons’ attorney to accommodate their schedules.” The spokesperson confirmed that Bill Clinton’s deposition “won’t occur tomorrow.”
The Clintons were subpoenaed in early August by Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) as part of the committee’s review of the federal government’s investigation into Epstein and his convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
“Everybody in America wants to know what went on on Epstein Island, and we’ve all heard reports that Bill Clinton was a frequent visitor there, so he’s a prime candidate to be deposed by the House Oversight Committee,” Comer said in an August interview with Newsmax. He described the summons as “the most challenging subpoena I’ve ever issued” and noted that it was unusual because “the Democrats voted with Republicans.”
Epstein, who died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges, visited the White House at least 17 times starting shortly after Bill Clinton took office in 1993. He also donated $10,000 to the White House Historical Association that same year, according to Hillary Clinton’s files.
Bill Clinton was among several of Epstein’s associates—including President Trump—who reportedly contributed to Epstein’s 50th “birthday book” in 2003. In a note released by the Oversight Committee, Clinton wrote: “It’s reassuring isn’t it, to have lasted so long, across all the years of learning and knowing, adventures and [illegible], and still to have your childlike curiosity.”
Maxwell, who compiled entries in the book and is now serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse minors, told Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that Bill Clinton was her friend, not Epstein’s. “President Clinton liked me, and we got along terribly well,” she said. “But I never saw that warmth with Mr. Epstein.” She also claimed Clinton “absolutely never” visited Epstein’s island.
Bill Clinton, who has not been accused of wrongdoing in the Epstein case, acknowledged in his 2024 book Citizen: My Life After the White House that he flew on Epstein’s private plane, the “Lolita Express,” in connection with Clinton Global Initiative work, but denied visiting Epstein’s island. “I wish I had never met him,” Clinton wrote, adding that the flights were “not worth the years of questioning afterward.” He maintained that he had no knowledge of Epstein and Maxwell’s crimes.
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