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Facing the humiliation of a contempt of Congress vote, Bill and Hillary Clinton have blinked, agreeing to face the House Oversight Committee regarding the Jeffrey Epstein investigation

Washington is a city of bluffs, but this time, the House Oversight Committee held the winning hand. In a dramatic eleventh-hour reversal, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify in the ongoing congressional probe into the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
The agreement, brokered late Monday, averts what would have been a historic and explosive constitutional clash. Republicans were poised to vote on holding the Democratic power couple in contempt of Congress—a move that carries the threat of criminal prosecution. Facing this precipice, the Clintons’ legal team signaled a retreat, stating the pair "will be there."
The standoff has been brewing for months. Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has aggressively pursued the Clintons, demanding answers about the murky non-prosecution agreements and the lenient treatment Epstein received during the early stages of the sex trafficking investigation. The Clintons had previously dismissed the subpoenas as "legally invalid" and politically motivated.
For the Oversight Committee, this is a major victory. They aim to unravel why the justice system failed so spectacularly in the Epstein case, allowing him to victimize scores of girls for years after he was first identified. Bill Clinton’s past association with Epstein—including flights on Epstein's private jet—will likely be a focal point of the questioning.
"The Clintons are not above the law," the Committee stated on X (formerly Twitter). The testimony, whenever it happens, promises to be a media circus, reigniting debates about power, privilege, and justice in America.
By agreeing to testify, the Clintons are setting a precedent, however reluctantly. It sends a message that congressional subpoena power still holds weight, even against former residents of the White House. The Epstein saga has claimed many reputations; now, it drags two of the world's most famous politicians back into the spotlight for an interrogation they fought desperately to avoid.
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