{"id":2566427,"date":"2026-02-06T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-clinton-demands-public-hearing-on-his-connections-to-epstein\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T21:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:02:37","slug":"bill-clinton-demands-public-hearing-on-his-connections-to-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-clinton-demands-public-hearing-on-his-connections-to-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton demands public hearing on his connections to Epstein"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbill-clinton-demands-public-hearing-on-his-connections-to-epstein%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=2566427&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>Former President Bill Clinton is demanding that his House Oversight Commitee testimony about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein be heard in public, criticizing the decision to hold it behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">closed doors<\/a> as a \u201ckangaroo court\u201d orchestrated by Republicans and Chairman James Comer. He saeid he will not participate if he is used as a political prop in a partisan process, arguing that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-state-senate-plans-meeting-to-air-complaints-of-voter-fraud\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania State Senate Plans Meeting to Air Complaints of Voter Fraud\">public hearing<\/a> would let the American people see what the matter is really about and respect Epstein\u2019s victims.Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton are scheduled to testify later this month (Hillary on Feb. 26 and Bill on Feb. 27), after warnings that they could be held in contempt for failing to comply with subpoenas. the article notes that records released in December show Clinton photographed with Epstein and Maxwell, with some faces redacted, and that the Department of Justice released more than three million Epstein-related documents under a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-federal-judges-rule-for-small-businesses-halt-corporate-transparency-act-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Two federal judges rule for small businesses, halt Corporate Transparency Act - Washington Examiner\">clarity act<\/a>. The Clintons\u2019 agreement to testify came as the House prepared to pursue contempt actions, with the DOJ continuing its investigations into Epstein.  <\/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\">Bill Clinton demands public hearing on his connections to Epstein: &lsquo;Kangaroo court&rsquo;<\/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_2495652\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-clinton\/\"> Bill Clinton<\/a> is demanding that his House oversight committee testimony about his relationship with disgraced financier <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> be in a public hearing.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post Friday evening, Clinton blasted Republicans and Oversight committee chairman James Comer&rsquo;s (R-KY) decision to have his testimony behind closed doors, saying he will &ldquo;not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court by a Republican Party running scared.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4449266\/mark-amodei-announces-retirement-house-after-15-years-service\/\">Mark Amodei announces retirement from House after 15 years of service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4448990\/james-comer-investigation-ilhan-omar-husband\/\">James Comer launches investigation into Ilhan Omar&#8217;s husband&#8217;s business dealings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4448172\/house-judiciary-subpoena-coupang-south-korea\/\">House Judiciary subpoenas US e-commerce giant targeted by South Korea<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Clinton continued, &ldquo;If they want answers, let&rsquo;s stop the games &amp; do this the right way: in a public hearing, where the American people can see for themselves what this is really about.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former president and his wife, former Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>, are set to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee later this month after being<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4446496\/bill-hillary-clinton-testimony-oversight-precedent-trump\/\"> threatened with contempt of court<\/a>. Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s testimony is set for Feb. 26, and Bill Clinton&rsquo;s is set for Feb. 27.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton, whose relationship with Epstein has been subject to public scrutiny, said his desire for a public hearing is out of respect for Epstein&rsquo;s victims and claimed Comer, who presides over the committee, is using Clinton as a political pawn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, Chairman Comer says he wants cameras, but only behind closed doors. Who benefits from this arrangement?&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillClinton\/status\/2019878051203400191?s=20\">Clinton wrote on X.<\/a> &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not Epstein&rsquo;s victims, who deserve justice. Not the public, who deserve the truth. It serves only partisan interests. This is not fact-finding, it&rsquo;s pure politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a tranche of files released in December, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4074900\/new-epstein-files-reveal-photos-bill-clinton-posing-unidentified-women\/\">Clinton was pictured with Epstein<\/a> and his accomplice, Ghislane Maxwell, as well as with women whose faces have been redacted.<\/p>\n<p>Both Bill and Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s agreement to testify before the committee came at the eleventh hour, as the House prepared to hold them in contempt for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena for their testimony.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4444321\/bill-hillary-clinton-dates-testimony-house-oversight-committee\/\"><strong>CLINTONS DODGE CONTEMPT AND SET DATES TO TESTIFY BEFORE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Clintons have said any information they knew was in their sworn statements, but Comer has pushed for the two to appear before the committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4440630\/doj-release-millions-new-jeffrey-epstein-documents-2000-videos\/\">published over 3 million documents<\/a> related to its investigation into the Epstein files last week, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act signed into law last year.<\/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>Clinton seeks public Epstein hearing; calls it kangaroo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2566428,"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\/2025\/12\/image-collage-4y70gyf3i-1766335190443-e1768315002219.jpg?1766317301&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[38900,9006,58545],"class_list":["post-2566427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-bill-clinton","tag-epstein","tag-public-hearing"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-4y70gyf3i-1766335190443-e1768315002219.jpg?1766317301&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566427","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=2566427"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2566431,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566427\/revisions\/2566431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2566428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2566427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2566427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}