Hillary Clinton Blasts Oversight GOP, Demands Public Epstein Testimony After Months of Standoff
Hillary Clinton took to X to accuse House Republicans of stonewalling her and her husband in the Oversight Committee’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein — and challenged them to hold public hearings instead of closed depositions.
In a social media post Thursday, the former secretary of state said she and former President Bill Clinton “engaged Republicans on the Oversight Committee in good faith,” provided sworn testimony, and were nonetheless ignored, claiming GOP lawmakers kept shifting demands and “turned accountability into an exercise in distraction.”
That post came amid ongoing negotiations over how and when the pair will testify before the Republican-led House panel probing how powerful figures interacted with the late convicted sex offender. Their testimony, scheduled for Feb. 26 (Hillary) and Feb. 27 (Bill), was agreed to after months of delays and threats from Republicans to hold both Clintons in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas.
Clinton’s post didn’t directly comment on the legal standoff, but she urged Oversight Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) to let the depositions be public with cameras rolling, arguing that transparency should cut both ways.
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“If you want this fight, Rep. James Comer… let’s have it — in public.” she wrote, tagging the committee chair.
Republicans have insisted that subpoenas are lawful and necessary to the Epstein investigation, while Democrats have pushed back against what they call political grandstanding.
The dispute has delayed testimony and injected fresh tension into an already partisan inquiry.
Testimonies later this month will be transcribed and filmed, but whether they’ll be public remains a key point of contention.
What happens next will likely shape how congressional oversight handles high-profile subpoena fights.
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