Rep. Comer to Newsmax: Clinton Subpoenas 'Will Stand Up in Court docket'

[ad_1] Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., stated on Newsmax Tuesday that the Home Oversight Committee expects former President Invoice Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to adjust to subpoenas requiring sworn testimony about their relationship with late convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Throughout an look on "Wake Up America," the committee chairman stated the subpoenas mark a major step towards answering long-standing questions surrounding Epstein's highly effective associates.

He burdened that the subpoenas carry uncommon authorized weight as a result of they had been accepted with bipartisan assist, together with votes from Democrats on the committee.

"This can be a congressional subpoena," Comer stated.

"It is a distinctive congressional subpoena," he added. "It was voted on in a bipartisan method by the Home Oversight Committee … so it should get up in court docket."

Comer stated committee attorneys are in lively discussions with Clinton attorneys however emphasised that the expectation is full compliance.

"We do count on them to have to take a seat down and reply questions, or they are going to be held in contempt," he stated.

In response to Comer, the Oversight Committee is searching for primary factual solutions that he says have by no means been publicly addressed by Invoice Clinton.

"[President] Donald Trump has answered hundreds and hundreds of questions on his relationship with Epstein and [Epstein's longtime companion Ghislaine] Maxwell," stated Comer. "However Invoice Clinton's by no means answered a single query."

The testimony was initially anticipated this week however has now been delayed till January as particulars are finalized.

"It will positively be transcribed," Comer stated, noting that members of each events are anticipated to take part in questioning in the course of the deposition.

Comer emphasised that the inquiry doesn't accuse the Clintons of prison wrongdoing however fairly focuses on transparency and public accountability.

"Nobody is accusing the Clintons of any wrongdoing, however one factor is for certain: We all know that Ghislaine Maxwell was at Chelsea Clinton's wedding ceremony," he stated. "There weren't many individuals at that wedding ceremony, so there was an in depth relationship there."

Comer additionally criticized the Democrats' dealing with of knowledge associated to the Epstein recordsdata, calling it "an actual disappointment" and accusing them of politicizing the problem.

"This was voted in a bipartisan method for the Home Oversight Committee to conduct this investigation," Comer stated. "The aim of the investigation is to get some kind of justice for the victims, in addition to get the American folks the reality."

As an alternative, Comer stated Democrats have labored to "deceive" and "disrupt" the method by releasing deceptive supplies.

"It is simply been a clown present by … the Democrats on the Oversight Committee," he stated. "They launch footage, and so they redact the face to make the general public suppose that Donald Trump did one thing unsuitable when there is not any proof that Donald Trump did something unsuitable."

"On the finish of the day, the Democrats have confirmed they do not care concerning the victims," Comer added. "All they care about is attempting to by some means grasp one thing round Donald Trump's neck."

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Nicole Weatherholtz ✉ Nicole Weatherholtz, a Newsmax common project reporter covers information, politics, and tradition. She is a Nationwide Newspaper Affiliation award-winning journalist.