Bill and Hillary Clinton Refuse to Testify in Epstein Probe ‘Designed to Result in Our Imprisonment’

Bill and Hillary Clinton have released a letter explaining why they are refusing to testify in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

“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. For us, now is that time,” the former president, 79, and former presidential candidate, 78, wrote in a letter to chairman James R. Comer which was posted on X on Tuesday, January 13.

The 42nd president — who has been pictured in multiple photos with the late convicted pedophile but has denied any wrongdoing — was scheduled to give his deposition on January 13, according to The New York Times, while his wife was due to testify on January 14. Comer, a Republican Congressman from Kentucky, had long threatened to hold the Clintons in contempt if they failed to appear.

In the letter, the Clintons claim that a legal analysis by two law firms found that their subpoenas were “legally invalid.”

“You have done nothing with your oversight capacity to force the Department of Justice to follow the law and release all its Epstein files, including any material regarding us as we have publicly called for,” they wrote to Comer, 53, accusing him of being “on the cusp of bringing Congress to a halt to pursue a rarely used process literally designed to result in our imprisonment.”

​​”We’ve tried to give you the little information we have. We’ve done so because Mr. Epstein’s crimes were horrific,” the Clintons continued, noting that they have provided “the same or more” as seven other individuals who were also subpoenaed but were then excused from testifying. “We expect you will say it is not enough.”

Indeed, on January 13, Comer expressed his plan to pursue contempt charges. “Jeffrey Epstein visited the White House 17 times while Bill Clinton was president,” he told reporters, according to the New York Times. “No one’s accusing Bill Clinton of anything, any wrongdoing. We just have questions.”

In their letter, the Clintons vowed to “defend” themselves to Congress and “in the public arena…. We are confident that any reasonable person in or out of Congress will see, based on everything we release, that what you are doing is trying to punish those who you see as your enemies and to protect those you think are your friends.”

Holding the couple in contempt would take a vote of the panel, followed by a vote of the full House, per The New York Times. If convicted, the Clintons would face  a fine of $100,000 and up to a year in prison.