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Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are expected to testify next week before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, a committee spokeswoman said.
The depositions will take place in Chappaqua, New York, on February 26 and 27. according to the spokesperson. The Clintons have not been accused of any wrongdoing.
Although most of the depositions the commission held as part of its investigation into Epstein took place in Washington, the commission made exceptions. Billionaire The Wexners’ testimony took place at his estate in New Albany, Ohio, and Epstein’s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, appeared virtually for his deposition from a federal prison camp in Texas.
The Clintons were originally scheduled to testify before the committee last year, but that was postponed to accommodate their schedule. They found themselves embroiled in a standoff with House Republicans after refusing to appear for rescheduled testimony before the committee this month.
The committee subpoenaed the Clintons in Augustrequesting testimony related to Epstein, as well as several former senior Justice Department officials, including former attorneys general Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch and Alberto Gonzales and former FBI directors James Comey and Robert Mueller.
The Clintons said they would comply with the subpoena after the committee voted to advance contempt resolutions against them in the House. Consideration of the resolution was suspended earlier this month after the Clintons announced they would testify.
The couple favored testimony in a public hearing and suggested February 26 for Hillary Clinton’s testimony and February 27 for Bill Clinton’s. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., however, said at the time that the two men had agreed on recorded depositions and “the rules of a standard deposition, so they will not be treated any differently than anyone else.”
Spokespeople for the Clintons did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the planned depositions.
The Justice Department has released millions of pages of records related to Epstein since the Epstein Files Transparency Act was passed. The first series released late last year included photos of Bill Clinton. At the time, Clinton spokesperson Angel Ureña said the former president flew Epstein on Clinton Foundation trips in the early 2000s, before Epstein was accused of sex crimes.
Bill Clinton has denied any wrongdoing. He previously said he cut ties with Epstein before Epstein was accused in 2006 of having sex with a minor.
Hillary Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said in a statement in December: “Since this started, we have been wondering what Hillary Clinton has to do with this, and [Comer] was not able to find an answer.