{"id":2532032,"date":"2026-01-09T13:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-committee-threatens-clintons-with-contempt\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:32:01","slug":"oversight-committee-threatens-clintons-with-contempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-committee-threatens-clintons-with-contempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Oversight committee threatens Clintons with contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foversight-committee-threatens-clintons-with-contempt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2532032&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The House Oversight Committee has warned former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that it will pursue contempt of Congress if they do not appear for depositions in its investigation of Jeffrey epstein. The committee says the Clintons have not confirmed attendance for scheduled testimony next week (Bill on Jan. 13, hillary on Jan. 14) and emphasizes they are legally obligated to appear. Subpoenas seek records and data about the clintons&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-are-only-three-news-stories-that-matter-in-america-right-now\/\" title=\"There Are Only Three News Stories That Matter In America Right Now\">personal interactions<\/a> with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, including documented flights on Epstein&#8217;s private jet.Their attorney had previously proposed providing written answers and cited a funeral for a December postponement,but Chairman James comer has insisted on in-person testimony.A criminal contempt citation could lead to fines up to $100,000 and up to one year in jail if the Department of Justice pursues charges. The subpoenas also directed the committee to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-u-s-senate-acquits-trump-seven-republicans-vote-guilty\/\" title=\"BREAKING: U.S. Senate Acquits Trump; Seven Republicans Vote Guilty\">seek testimony<\/a> and records from multiple former attorneys general and FBI directors.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Oversight committee threatens Clintons with contempt if they don&rsquo;t show up for Epstein hearing<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2468361\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight-committee\/\">House Oversight Committee<\/a>&nbsp;has escalated its investigation into&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, threatening former President Bill Clin<\/span>ton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with contempt of Congress if they fail to appear for depositions.<\/p>\n<p>A House Oversight Committee spokeswoman said Friday that the Clintons have not confirmed their attendance to testify. The committee has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3918877\/comer-clintons-testimony-epstein-contempt-proceedings\/\">scheduled the couple to testify<\/a> next week, with Bill Clinton on Jan. 13 and Hillary on Jan. 14.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4412884\/pope-leo-strongest-rebuke-abortion-surrogacy-diplomatic-corps-speech\/\">Pope Leo issues strongest rebuke of abortion and surrogacy yet in diplomatic corps speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4412812\/bessent-calls-minnesota-genesis-nationwide-rollout-anti-fraud-protocols\/\">Bessent calls Minnesota &#8216;genesis&#8217; of nationwide rollout for anti-fraud protocols<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4412862\/trump-jobs-data-social-media-breaking-protocol\/\">Trump revealed jobs data ahead of time on social media, breaking protocol<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4410450\/four-takeaways-house-oversight-minnesota-fraud-hearing\/\">FOUR TAKEAWAYS FROM HOUSE OVERSIGHT&rsquo;S HEATED MINNESOTA FRAUD HEARING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are obligated under the law to appear and we expect them to do so,&rdquo; the spokeswoman said. &ldquo;If the Clintons do not appear for their depositions, the House Oversight Committee will initiate contempt of Congress proceedings.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A criminal contempt citation is a misdemeanor that can lead to a fine of up to $100,000 and up to a year in jail if pursued by the Department of Justice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/chairman-comer-subpoenas-bill-and-hillary-clinton-former-u-s-attorneys-general-and-fbi-directors-and-records-related-to-jeffrey-epstein\/#:~:text=Chairman%20Comer%20Subpoenas%20Bill%20and,Release%20Published:%20Aug%205%2C%202025\">subpoenas<\/a> seek information regarding the Clintons&rsquo; personal interactions with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, including documented flights on Epstein&rsquo;s private jet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Clintons were originally <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3484621\/house-oversight-clinton-subpoenas-epstein-involvement-doj-files\/\">slated to testify<\/a> in December 2025, but their attorney, David Kendall, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/comer-warns-contempt-clintons-face-january-dates-epstein-probe-depositions\">cited a funeral as the reason<\/a> for their inability to attend at that time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4412600\/walz-readies-national-guard-staged-day-of-unity-woman-killed-by-ice\/\"><strong>WALZ READIES NATIONAL GUARD TO BE &lsquo;STAGED&rsquo; AHEAD OF &lsquo;DAY OF UNITY&rsquo; FOR WOMAN KILLED BY ICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kendall <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3918877\/comer-clintons-testimony-epstein-contempt-proceedings\/\">previously<\/a> argued that his clients could <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >provide written answers<\/a> as a more &ldquo;efficient and equitable&rdquo; alternative, but Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) rejected the request and insisted on in-person testimony.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The motion to subpoena was approved by the Federal Law Enforcement subcommittee in July 2025 and included directions to also subpoena James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Alberto Gonzales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oversight warns Clintons with contempt threat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2532033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bill_Hillary_Clinton_441.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[27249,44093,41633,46155],"class_list":["post-2532032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-clintons","tag-congressional-investigation","tag-contempt-of-congress","tag-oversight-committee"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bill_Hillary_Clinton_441.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2532032"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2532036,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532032\/revisions\/2532036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2532033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2532032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2532032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2532032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}