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   Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are among high-   
   profile figures to be sent legal summonses from a congressional committee   
   investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.   
      
   Republican James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, issued   
   the subpoenas to the Clintons and eight other individuals.   
      
   The committee is seeking information about Epstein's history, after   
   President Donald Trump's administration decided against releasing more   
   federal files on the dead financier.   
      
   That decision sparked outrage among Trump supporters and some Democrats,   
   who refused to accept the justice department's statement that there was no   
   "incriminating client list" in the Epstein files.   
      
   Amid a rift between Trump and some of his supporters on Epstein, the   
   committee, made up of both Democrats and Republicans, recently voted to   
   issue the subpoenas.   
      
   The panel has also subpoenaed the justice department itself for records   
   related to Epstein.   
      
   Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's associate who is currently   
   serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, had indicated she was   
   willing to testify before the powerful investigatory committee, with   
   strict legal protections. Her scheduled 11 August deposition, though, has   
   been postponed indefinitely.   
      
   The Epstein legal saga has spanned two decades, with Florida police and   
   the Federal Bureau of Investigation first scrutinising the well-connected   
   tycoon for allegations of sexual abuse in the early 2000s.   
      
   Comer wrote in letters to each person that the committee must "conduct   
   oversight of the federal government's enforcement of sex trafficking laws   
   generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and   
   prosecution of Mr Epstein" and Maxwell.   
      
   He also indicated that depositions will start this month and run through   
   the autumn, with Bill Clinton scheduled for 14 October.   
      
   Former Attorneys General Merrick Garland, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder and   
   Alberto Gonzales were summoned, along with Jeff Sessions and William Barr,   
   who both led the justice department during Trump's first term. Former FBI   
   directors James Comey and Robert Mueller were also sent subpoenas.   
      
   The Clinton administration predates the Epstein investigation, but the   
   couple's critics have long questioned their relationship with Epstein.   
      
   A spokesperson has acknowledged that Bill Clinton took four trips with   
   staff on Epstein's private plane in 2002 and 2003, and met with Epstein in   
   New York in 2002. Clinton also visited Epstein's New York apartment around   
   that time.   
      
   The letters to each Clinton cites these incidents, as well as other   
   alleged encounters and connections, as reasons for summoning them.   
      
   Citing flight logs, US media have previously reported Clinton flew on   
   Epstein's jet up to 26 times, occasionally without his Secret Service   
   detail.   
      
   In 2019, a spokesman said the former president "knows nothing about the   
   terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years   
   ago, or those with which he has been recently charged in New York."   
      
   The Clinton Foundation and Bill Clinton's press office did not immediately   
   respond to a request for comment.   
      
   The Department of Justice had no comment.   
      
   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79l38vl3lwo   
      
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