Former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton say they will refuse to comply with a congressional subpoena for them to testify in an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
The Clintons are slamming a Republican-controlled committee’s attempts as “legally invalid” as the party’s lawmakers prepare contempt of Congress proceedings against them.
In a letter released on social media on Tuesday, the Clintons told the chair of the House Oversight Committee, Republican congressman James Comer, he was on the cusp of a process “literally designed to result in our imprisonment”.
Comer said he would begin contempt of Congress proceedings next week. This would potentially kick off a complicated and politically messy process that Congress has rarely reached for.
“No one’s accusing the Clintons of any wrongdoing. We just have questions,” Comer told reporters after Bill Clinton did not show up for a scheduled deposition at House offices on Tuesday.
He added: “Anyone would admit they spent a lot of time together.”
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