House Committee Finds Bill and Hillary Clinton in Contempt of Congress After Skipping Epstein Depositions

A House committee voted on a bipartisan basis Wednesday to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress, teeing up a full vote in two weeks’ time in the lower chamber that could result in criminal charges.

The House Oversight Committee voted 34-8 to hold the 42nd president in contempt for refusing to comply with their subpoena to testify about his relationship with deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The resolution stated that Bill Clinton “impeded an Oversight Committee investigation” into the government’s handling of probes into Epstein and his imprisoned madam Ghislaine Maxwell.

It also claimed he had obstructed their inquiries into “the circumstances and subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein’s death,” “the operation of sex-trafficking rings and ways for the federal government to effectively combat them,” “ways in which Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell sought to curry favor and exercise influence to protect their illegal activities” and “potential violations of ethics rules.”

“President Clinton’s willful refusal to comply with the Oversight Committee’s subpoena constitutes contempt of Congress and warrants referral to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for prosecution as prescribed by law,” a 20-page report accompanying the resolution noted. (Read more from “House Committee Finds Bill and Hillary Clinton in Contempt of Congress After Skipping Epstein Depositions” HERE)

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