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.”
The committee will vote on holding Bill Clinton in contempt next week, Comer said. If the full House subsequently approved the resolution, it would result in a referral to the Justice Department for prosecution. If convicted, he could be sentenced to prison. Hillary Clinton’s deposition is scheduled for Wednesday; presumably, the committee also would hold her in contempt if she didn’t show.
