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   From: winning@again.org   
      
   The House Oversight Committee's Republicans voted on Wednesday to   
   advance resolutions holding former President Bill Clinton and former   
   Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for failing   
   to comply with their subpoenas relating to convicted sex offender   
   Jeffrey Epstein.   
      
   The resolutions now head to the House for a full vote. Oversight Chair   
   James Comer said the vote will be in two weeks.   
      
   Notably, some Democrats on the committee voted in favor of the   
   resolutions.   
      
   Republicans and Democrats on the committee engaged in fiery debate   
   during the markup of two resolutions finding the Clintons in contempt of   
   Congress. Democrats said they wanted to hear from the former president   
   but that Attorney General Pam Bondi should be held in contempt too for   
   not complying with the committee's subpoena to produce the complete   
   Epstein files.   
      
   “No witness, not a former president or a private citizen, may willfully   
   defy a duly issued congressional subpoena without consequence. But that   
   is what the Clintons did, and that is why we are here today," Comer   
   said.   
      
   The Clintons have insisted that the subpoena is without legal merit,   
   fighting the subpoena for months.   
      
   A spokesperson for the Clintons said they’ve made ample attempts to   
   comply with the committee, sending sworn statements from each Clinton --   
   as other subpoenaed witnesses have -- and offering a closed-door   
   interview between Bill Clinton, Comer and Rep. Robert Garcia, the top   
   Democrat on the panel.   
      
   "To state the obvious, both Clintons have been out of office for over a   
   decade. Neither had anything to do with [Epstein] for more than 20   
   years,” Angel Urena, deputy chief of staff for Bill Clinton, said in a   
   social media post.   
      
   During the committee's debate on Wednesday, Democrats on the panel   
   criticized Republicans for what they said was a double standard for the   
   Clintons compared to others who have also allegedly failed to comply   
   with committee subpoenas. The committee issued its own subpoena to the   
   Justice Department for all its Epstein files in August.   
      
   "Where is the pressure to get Pam Bondi to release the files? Instead   
   your focus and the committee's focus on whoever you perceive to be ...   
   your enemies and the enemies of Donald Trump. Because let's be clear, we   
   want to talk to President Bill Clinton. We want him to answer our   
   questions,” Garcia said. "We also want Ghislaine Maxwell to answer our   
   questions. We also want to understand why Pam Bondi refuses to release   
   all the files."   
      
   Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari argued that Bondi "should be held in   
   contempt if we are going to hold President Clinton in contempt."   
      
   Comer responded by saying Bondi is complying and turning documents over.   
      
   "She has -- they have been turning over documents. Now, I've said it 100   
   times, it's not as quick as we would like, but they're turning over   
   documents," Comer said.   
      
   The Oversight Committee’s subpoena to the DOJ for documents is distinct   
   from the requirements of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was   
   passed by both congressional chambers and signed by President Donald   
   Trump in November. That law established a Dec. 19 deadline for the   
   public disclosure of all remaining investigative files on Epstein and   
   his convicted associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.   
      
   The Justice Department has released more than 12,000 documents so far   
   under that act -- a small percentage of the millions of records the   
   department says are under review for potential disclosure.   
      
   The DOJ has said hundreds of attorneys are working to review the files   
   and that delays in the documents’ release are because of the vetting   
   process required to protect Epstein's victims.   
      
   https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-committee-set-approve-resolutions-h   
   olding-clintons-contempt/story?id=129381902   
      
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