Hillary Clinton anticipated to skip Home Oversight deposition Wednesday, risking contempt

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was subpoenaed to seem earlier than the Home Oversight Committee on Wednesday, however she's anticipated to disregard the order, doubtlessly risking legal prices.

Hillary Clinton is scheduled to be deposed behind closed doorways at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, and it seems the GOP-led committee will transfer ahead with holding the interview in some kind no matter whether or not she attends.

Hillary and Bill Clinton's attorneys despatched a letter to Home Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., earlier this week, calling their subpoenas "invalid and legally unenforceable."

However Comer beforehand threatened to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings towards each Clintons in the event that they skipped their January deposition dates, which had been rescheduled twice prior, amid conversations with their attorneys.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks on the primary day of the Democratic Nationwide Conference (DNC) on the United Middle in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/Getty Photographs)

Invoice Clinton defied his personal subpoena on Tuesday, failing to seem for a ten a.m. closed-door deposition.

Comer instructed reporters afterward that the Home Oversight Committee would meet subsequent week to advance a contempt decision towards the previous president in response.

When Fox Information Digital requested if the identical would occur to Hillary Clinton if she failed to seem the following day, Comer stated, "We'll see. We'll speak about it."

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The previous first couple had been two of 10 individuals subpoenaed by Comer as a part of the panel's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein . The subpoenas had been issued following a bipartisan vote by an Oversight subcommittee panel throughout an unrelated listening to on unlawful immigration.

Regardless of that, nonetheless, no Democrats appeared for Invoice Clinton's anticipated grilling.

Former President Invoice Clinton speaks onstage throughout the Clinton World Initiative assembly at New York Hilton Midtown on Sept. 18, 2023, in New York Metropolis. (Noam Galai/Getty Photographs for Clinton World Initiative)

"Not a single Democrat confirmed up at this time, not a single Democrat," Comer instructed reporters. "It simply looks as if they solely care about pushing Republicans. And we have had a former Trump Cupboard secretary, Alex Acosta, in for a grilling. We had Invoice Barr, former lawyer common, in for a grilling. However for no matter motive, President Clinton did not present up. And the Democrats on the committee do not appear to have an issue."

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The Clintons' attorneys criticized Comer's management of the investigation of their letter, discounting the subpoenas.

"President and Secretary Clinton have already offered the restricted data they possess about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to the Committee," the attorneys stated.

"Your continued insistence that the previous President and Secretary of State might be compelled to seem earlier than the Committee underneath these circumstances, nonetheless, brings us towards a protracted and pointless authorized confrontation that distracts from the principal work of the Congress with respect to this matter, which, if carried out sincerely, may assist make sure the victims of Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell are afforded some measure of justice for the crimes perpetrated towards them, nonetheless late. However maybe distraction is the purpose."

Home Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., speaks at a press convention on the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Photographs)

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Comer stated after Invoice Clinton skipped his deposition, "Nobody's accusing Invoice Clinton of any wrongdoing. We simply have questions. And that is why the Democrats voted, together with Republicans, to subpoena Invoice Clinton."

The Home Oversight Committee would want to advance a contempt decision earlier than it is thought-about by all the chamber. If a easy majority votes to carry somebody in contempt of Congress, a legal referral is then historically made to the Division of Justice.

A legal contempt of Congress cost is a misdemeanor that carries a punishment of as much as one yr in jail and a most $100,000 advantageous, if convicted.

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox Information Digital main protection of the Home of Representatives. Earlier digital bylines seen at Each day Mail and CBS Information.