{"id":2535108,"date":"2026-01-13T13:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-republican-house-oversight-committee-to-hold-bill-clinton-in-contempt\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:51:57","slug":"breaking-republican-house-oversight-committee-to-hold-bill-clinton-in-contempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-republican-house-oversight-committee-to-hold-bill-clinton-in-contempt\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Republican House Oversight Committee to Hold Bill Clinton in Contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fbreaking-republican-house-oversight-committee-to-hold-bill-clinton-in-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=2535108&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>House oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced the committee will seek to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress after Clinton failed to appear for a deposition in the committeeS inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein. Comer said the subpoenas for Bill and Hillary Clinton were issued unanimously and bipartisanly, but Clinton&#8217;s legal team repeatedly delayed and did not show for the scheduled deposition. The Clintons posted a letter calling the subpoena &#8220;legally invalid,&#8221; saying they refuse to comply and will vigorously defend themselves, arguing the process risks imprisonment and is the wrong way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-and-trump-expose-gender-divide-in-texas-with-beyonce-and-rogan-events-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris and Trump expose gender divide in Texas with Beyonce and Rogan events - Washington Examiner\">address national issues<\/a>. comer said the contempt motion will be moved in next week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-house-democrats-pass-bill-to-make-washington-d-c-the-51st-state\/\" title=\"BREAKING: House Democrats Pass ... To Make Washington, D.C., The 51st State\">committee markup<\/a> and emphasized the need for answers for epstein&#8217;s survivors, saying no one is above the law. The article notes DOJ-released Epstein files include photos of Bill Clinton with Ghislaine Maxwell; Clinton has denied wrongdoing and said he cut ties with Epstein before 2006, while the DOJ continues reviewing millions of pages of related records.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told reporters on Tuesday that the committee will seek to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for failing to show up to a deposition regarding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Comer told reporters on Capitol Hill that the vote to subpoena <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bill-hillary-clinton-facing-charges-dodging-epstein-subpoenas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clinton<\/a> and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had been bipartisan and unanimous.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No one&rsquo;s accusing Bill Clinton of any wrongdoing. We just have questions. And that&rsquo;s why the Democrats voted along with Republicans to subpoena Bill Clinton,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, not a single Democrat on the committee showed up for the deposition on Tuesday, Comer noted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve communicated with President Clinton&rsquo;s legal team for months now, giving them opportunity after opportunity, to come in, to give us a day, and they continue to delay, delay, delay, to the point where we had no idea whether they&rsquo;re going to show up today or not,&rdquo; the chairman said. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s very disappointing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJamesComer?\">@RepJamesComer<\/a>: &ldquo;Bill Clinton did not show up&hellip;As a result of Bill Clinton not showing up for his lawful subpoena&hellip;we will move next week in the House Oversight Committee markup to hold former President Clinton in contempt of Congress.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hxOXeY3ne9\">pic.twitter.com\/hxOXeY3ne9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/2011110093643788505?\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a result of Bill Clinton not showing up for his lawful subpoena &hellip; we will move next week in the House Oversight Committee markup to hold former President Clinton in contempt of Congress,&rdquo; Comer concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The Clintons posted a copy of a letter they sent to Comer explaining their decision not to sit before the Oversight Committee, arguing the subpoena was &ldquo;legally invalid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, no matter the consequences,&rdquo; the Clintons wrote. &ldquo;For us, now is that time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is not about Right or Left, it&rsquo;s about Right and Wrong. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IVQh3yHEGG\">pic.twitter.com\/IVQh3yHEGG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillClinton\/status\/2011098958236697021?\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We expect you will direct your committee to seek to hold us in contempt,&rdquo; they wrote, adding, &ldquo;You will say it is not our decision to make. But we have made it. Now you have to make yours.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Despite everything that needs to be done to help our country, you are on the cusp of bringing Congress to a halt to pursue a rarely used process literally designed to result in our imprisonment,&rdquo; the Clintons continued. &ldquo;This is not the way out of America&rsquo;s ills, and we will forcefully defend ourselves.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-gop-seeks-hold-clinton-contempt-skipping-epstein-deposition-rcna253780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> reported the first set of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice in December had numerous pictures of Bill Clinton, including with Epstein&rsquo;s girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You&rsquo;re right, President Clinton. This is about right and wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sadistic-humiliation-mutilation-and-gang-rape-were-part-of-hamas-strategy-israeli-report-shows-2\/\" title=\"Israeli report reveals Hamas&#039; use of sadistic tactics: humiliation, mutilation, and gang rape\">survivors deserve justice<\/a> and answers.<\/p>\n<p>Refusing to comply with a bipartisan, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >duly authorized congressional subpoena<\/a> in our Epstein investigation is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>No one is above the law. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aK7P8Gj1JJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/aK7P8Gj1JJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uwPuyPw2Ey\">pic.twitter.com\/uwPuyPw2Ey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJamesComer\/status\/2011115404433764723?\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The outlet noted, &ldquo;Former President Clinton has denied any wrongdoing and has said he was unaware of Epstein&rsquo;s crimes. He has said that he cut ties with Epstein before Epstein was accused in 2006 of having sex with a minor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House chief of staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-chief-staff-susie-wiles-issues-statement-stunning-d-c-friendly-fire-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Susie Wiles<\/a> told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/trump-susie-wiles-interview-exclusive-part-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a> in an article published last month that she looked through the Epstein case file and found nothing incriminating.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ is still reviewing millions of pages of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-maricopa-county-delete-all-of-its-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Maricopa County Delete All Of Its 2020 Election Results?\">files related<\/a> to Epstein for possible release.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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