"The House oversight committee will move to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress, its Republican chair James Comer said Wednesday, after the former first lady refused to comply with a subpoena for testimony regarding the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The announcement came a day after both Hillary Clinton and her husband, the former president Bill Clinton, said they would not honor subpoenas from the investigative panel to discuss Epstein, a one-time friend who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges."
"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined her husband in defying a bipartisan, lawful congressional subpoena to show up today, Comer told reporters. We're going to hold both Clintons in criminal contempt of Congress. The contempt charge will need to be approved by the oversight committee and then the House of Representatives, both of which are led by Republicans. It would then be referred to the justice department, which would decide whether to seek an indictment before a grand jury."
The House Oversight Committee will move to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt after she refused to comply with a subpoena for testimony about Jeffrey Epstein. Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton both declined subpoenas seeking information about Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. A contempt citation requires oversight committee and House approval and would then be referred to the Justice Department for a decision on whether to seek indictment. The committee issued the subpoenas last August to the Clintons and several former officials after the Justice Department closed the Epstein matter, angering Trump supporters.
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