House Panel Recommends Contempt Charges for Clintons Over Epstein Probe

After months of stonewalling and dodging, Bill and Hillary Clinton may finally face real consequences. The House Oversight Committee voted this week to recommend contempt of Congress charges against the former president and first lady for refusing to comply with subpoenas related to the ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's criminal network.

The subpoenas come as part of a sweeping probe launched after the bipartisan passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump. The law mandates the full release of Epstein-related documents and testimonies, long buried or slowed down by bureaucratic foot-dragging. The Oversight Committee had demanded testimony from both Clintons after photos surfaced of Bill Clinton on Epstein’s private island, raising renewed concerns about the former president’s ties to the disgraced financier.

“They have had five months to comply with this,” said Chairman James Comer. “We expect to hear from Bill Clinton he is not above the law.”

Yet rather than comply with legally issued subpoenas, the Clintons tried to dictate the terms. According to Comer, their lawyers suggested a private meeting in New York with no official transcript and no participation from other Members of Congress. That "offer" was rightly rejected as an insult to the rule of law.

Key developments from the hearing:

• The committee voted to recommend holding both Clintons in contempt, a move now heading to the full House where the GOP majority is expected to approve.

• Nine Democrats broke ranks and voted to hold Bill Clinton in contempt, while three joined Republicans to hold Hillary in contempt a sign that even some on the Left are growing uncomfortable with the Clintons' evasiveness.

• The Trump Justice Department would then have the option to pursue a grand jury indictment.

In a letter earlier this month, the Clintons dismissed the subpoenas as “legally invalid” and accused the committee of partisanship. But Comer made clear this is about accountability not political theater.

“The Clintons’ latest demands make clear they believe their last name entitles them to special treatment,” he said.

And he’s not wrong. For decades, the Clintons have built a legacy of scandal, denial, and evasion from Whitewater to Benghazi, from private servers to Clinton Foundation pay-to-play schemes. Now, they're trying the same tired tactics to avoid scrutiny over connections to one of the most notorious sex traffickers in modern history.

Let’s be clear: if any other citizen refused a congressional subpoena in a federal criminal probe, they’d be in cuffs. But once again, the Clintons expect a separate standard. Fortunately, it looks like that may finally be coming to an end.

Despite Democrats’ efforts to deflect including attempts to muddy the waters by proposing contempt charges against other figures like former Florida AG Pam Bondi the committee stayed focused. Their proposed amendments failed, and Comer confirmed Bondi is cooperating and will testify next month.

“If this committee wants to be taken seriously,” Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) said, “we would be addressing all the bad actors in this investigation.” But the bad actors are clear and the Clintons are at the center of it.

As the Clintons' media allies scramble to run interference and the usual establishment voices try to downplay the news, the facts remain: the American people deserve transparency, and victims deserve justice. The Epstein case is not just a tabloid scandal it's a stain on our institutions, and the Clintons’ refusal to come clean only makes it worse.

This isn’t over. The House vote will test whether Congress is serious about applying the law equally no matter the name, no matter the power.

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