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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/after-bill-clinton-fails-testify-epstein-   
   probe-chairman/story?id=129164099   
      
   The chairman of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee said the   
   panel will move forward with contempt of Congress proceedings against   
   former President Bill Clinton after he failed to appear for a subpoenaed   
   deposition on Tuesday as part of the panel's investigation into convicted   
   sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.   
      
   The announcement came after the former president and secretary of State   
   sent them a scathing and sweeping four-page letter that potentially   
   signaled a protracted fight with Congress over a move they blasted as   
   "partisan politics."   
      
   The committee had threatened to hold the former president and former   
   Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress if they did not   
   appear for separate scheduled closed depositions set for Tuesday and   
   Wednesday, respectively.   
      
   "I think everyone knows by now, Bill Clinton did not show up. And I think   
   it's important to note that this subpoena was voted on in a bipartisan   
   manner by this committee. This wasn't something that I just issued as   
   chairman of the committee. This was voted on by the entire committee in a   
   unanimous vote of the House Oversight Committee to subpoena former   
   President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,"   
   Oversight Chairman James Comer said Tuesday morning.   
      
   "We will move next week in the House Oversight Committee markup to hold   
   former President Clinton in contempt of Congress," Comer, a Republican,   
   later added.   
      
   A lawyer for the Clintons, David Kendall, has not responded to requests   
   for comment on whether Hillary Clinton will appear on Capitol Hill for her   
   Wednesday subpoenaed deposition.   
      
   In the Clintons' letter, posted on social media Tuesday morning, they   
   publicly called out Comer for threatening to hold them in contempt of   
   Congress.   
      
   "Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are   
   ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, no matter   
   the consequences," the Clintons wrote. "For us, now is that time."   
      
   "Despite everything that needs to be done to help our country, you are on   
   the cusp of bringing Congress to a halt to pursue a rarely used process   
   literally designed to result in our imprisonment. This is not the way out   
   of America's ills, and we will forcefully defend ourselves," the letter   
   continues.   
      
   The Clintons contend in the letter that Comer's approach to the   
   committee's work on the Epstein investigation has "prevented progress in   
   discovering the facts about the government's role" and that the chairman   
   has "done nothing" to force the Justice Department to comply with its   
   disclosure obligations required by Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed   
   late last year.   
      
   "We have tried to give you the little information that we have," the   
   Clintons wrote.  "We've done so because Mr. Epstein's crimes were   
   horrific. If the Government didn't do all it could to investigate and   
   prosecute these crimes, for whatever reason, that should be the focus of   
   your work -- to learn why and to prevent that from happening ever again.   
   There is no evidence that you are doing so."   
      
   And they noted that they "hope, perhaps in vain" that other lawmakers will   
   not allow Comer to "singlehandedly hijack the Congress" to pursue contempt   
   charges against them, but indicate that they are prepared for the fight,   
   if it comes to that.   
      
   "We are prepared to make our case to your 45 committee members, and if   
   need be, more.  Importantly, we will also defend ourselves in the public   
   arena and ensure this country knows exactly why you are doing so, instead   
   of helping the American people who need this Congress's work and   
   protection," the letter says.   
      
   For months, Republicans on the committee have been demanding that the   
   Clintons provide testimony to lawmakers, citing the former president's   
   travels on Epstein's private aircraft in the early 2000s and the Clinton   
   "family's past relationship" with Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine   
   Maxwell. The panel initially issued subpoenas for the Clintons on Aug. 5   
   to appear in October.   
      
   Kendall has continued to argue that the couple has no information relevant   
   to the committee's investigation of the federal government's handling of   
   investigations into Epstein and Maxwell, and should not be required to   
   appear for in-person testimony. Kendall has contended that the Clintons   
   should be permitted to provide the limited information they have to the   
   committee in writing.   
      
      
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