Contempt against the Clintons could be a welcome distraction for Republicans weary of questions about President Donald Trump’s ties to Epstein.
WASHINGTON – The House Oversight Committee will start contempt of Congress proceedings against former President Bill Clinton, committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday.
The committee voted last year to subpoena Bill and Hillary Clinton to ask them questions about their relationship with disgraced financier and sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. The vote came shortly after the committee moved in bipartisan fashion to subpoena the Justice Department for its files on Epstein.
Standing next to an image of Bill Clinton reclining in a blue dress, Comer said the committee just wanted to talk to the former president.
“No one’s accusing Bill Clinton of any wrongdoing,” Comer said. “We just have questions, and that’s why the Democrats voted along with Republicans to subpoena Bill Clinton.”
House Oversight Committee chair James Comer, center, talks Tuesday to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., while Rep. Lauren Boebert holds a picture of Australian artist Petrina Ryan‑Kleid’s painting “Parsing Bill.” The painting was allegedly displayed in one of Jeffrey Epstein’s properties.
