Bill Clinton Scheduled for Deposition Before House Committee on Epstein Links

Bill Clinton Scheduled for Deposition Before House Committee on Epstein Links

Bill Clinton Scheduled for Deposition Before House Committee on Epstein Links

Former president Bill Clinton is scheduled to give a deposition on Friday, February 27, 2026, to a congressional committee investigating his links to Jeffrey Epstein. The deposition comes one day after Hillary Clinton testified before the same committee.

Hillary Clinton's Thursday Testimony

During remarks before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, called the proceedings "partisan political theatre" and "an insult to the American people." She insisted that she had never met Epstein. She said she had no information about Epstein and did not recall ever meeting him.

During the full-day deposition, Hillary Clinton deferred a number of questions to her husband.

The proceedings were briefly halted after Representative Lauren Boebert leaked an image of Clinton testifying.

Representative Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, claimed Hillary Clinton responded to some of her questioning by "screaming" and called Hillary Clinton "unhinged." Mace stated: "I hope that President Clinton is less unhinged today than his wife was yesterday."

Bill Clinton's Known Connections to Epstein

Bill Clinton flew on Epstein's private jet several times in the early 2000s. He has said he never visited Epstein's island.

Epstein visited the White House at least 17 times during the early years of Clinton's presidency, according to White House visitor records cited in news reports. Clinton has said he cut ties with Epstein around 2005, before Epstein pleaded guilty to solicitation of a minor in Florida.

Clinton appears in a photo from the recently released Epstein files, in a hot tub with Epstein and a woman whose identity is redacted.

Clinton has been accused of sexual misconduct by three women. He has denied those claims and was not charged with any crimes. He has not been accused of any wrongdoing connected to Epstein.

Epstein died from suicide in 2019.

Committee Actions and Subpoena History

The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Clintons in August. They initially refused to testify but agreed after Republicans threatened to hold them in contempt.

The Clintons asked for their depositions to be held publicly. Bill Clinton stated that holding them behind closed doors would amount to a "kangaroo court."

"Let's stop the games + do this the right way: in a public hearing," Clinton said on X earlier in February 2026.

James Comer, the chair of the House Oversight Committee, did not grant the request. The proceedings were conducted behind closed doors, with video to be released later.

Comer's Statements Before the Friday Deposition

Just before the start of Bill Clinton's deposition on Friday, Comer said the committee's list of questions for Clinton grew longer after Hillary Clinton's deposition, in which she deferred a number of questions to her husband.

"We already had a big portfolio of questions for him, and that increased yesterday," Comer said at a press conference outside the building where the closed-door deposition was set to begin.

Comer said committee members would be asking about Bill Clinton's ties to Epstein, including documented visits to the White House and rides on his airplane, and Epstein's ties to Clinton-related initiatives.

Comer said he expected video of Hillary Clinton's testimony to be released either later Friday or Saturday. He defended the repetitive questions the committee asked her on Thursday.

"Every item of evidence that would suggest Hillary Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein had a close relationship, we went and asked about that," he said. "So it may have seemed repetitive, because there was a lot of documentation that would suggest that she had a relationship with Epstein."

Comer said the deposition with Bill Clinton would be "even longer" than the full-day session with Hillary Clinton.

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Reported by Eric Berger and Rachel Leingang for the Guardian. Read original article.