Comer: Democrats’ contempt threat forcing Clintons to testify on Epstein

The chairman of the Home Oversight Committee mentioned former President Invoice Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed to take part in transcribed, filmed depositions within the committee’s Epstein investigation after being confronted with the potential of a contempt vote that drew Democratic assist — a prospect Comer claims the Clintons didn’t see coming.

“We had a contempt fantastic once they bought the [original] date for them to testify,” Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., mentioned Tuesday on “The Ingraham Angle.”

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., mentioned the Clintons didn’t count on Democrats on the Home Oversight Committee to assist a continuing to carry them in contempt. (JP Yim/Getty Photos for New York Hilton Midtown; Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

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“And to their shock, a majority of Democrats on the Oversight Committee voted with all Republicans.”

He mentioned Democrats met with victims of convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, who needed anybody identified to have hung out with Epstein to reply questions, including that the Clintons have by no means been interviewed in regards to the matter. Invoice Clinton has appeared in pictures with Epstein.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen together with her husband, former President Invoice Clinton. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Photos)

The forty second president and former first girl this week confronted contempt of Congress votes within the Home of Representatives if they didn’t agree to return to Capitol Hill for in-person interviews with the Oversight Committee.

These votes had been in all probability profitable. Late final month, 9 Democrats on the committee voted together with all Republicans to advance Invoice Clinton’s contempt of Congress decision to a vote in your entire Home. Three Democrats voted in favor of the decision towards Hillary Clinton.

The committee is investigating what the Clintons might have identified about Epstein and his colleague Ghislaine Maxwell, together with investigating Hillary Clinton’s position in overseeing U.S. efforts to fight worldwide intercourse trafficking whereas she served as secretary of state.

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Comer claimed that the Clintons tried to keep away from their impeachment, however it did not work.

“Then they tried to intimidate me for per week and say our subpoena wasn’t authorized, after which they tried to get the Democrats again collectively… to not vote for it, to make it a partisan vote, considering that if it was a partisan vote, they might beat it in courtroom,” Comer mentioned, including that some Democrats had been keen to carry them in contempt of Congress.

The Clintons’ change of coronary heart prompted the Home to pause proceedings Monday night to carry them in contempt.

Democrats on the committee have identified that Comer didn’t push for the detention of others who didn’t seem in contempt, nor did he make any threats towards the Ministry of Justice for failing to supply all of its paperwork on Epstein by a deadline agreed to by Congress late final 12 months. The division has produced a fraction of the paperwork anticipated thus far.

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Audio and video of the Clintons’ testimony will likely be publicly out there, Comer mentioned, together with a transcript.

“Each American will be capable to view this assertion in its entirety,” he mentioned.

Greg Wehner and Elizabeth Elkind of Fox Information Digital contributed to this report.