Bill Clinton Goes Scorched-Earth On GOP Rep’s Epstein Probe | EUROtoday

Former President Bill Clinton blasted Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Friday as he and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton put together to take a seat for depositions within the House Oversight Committee’s investigation of disgraced financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.

After Republicans and Democrats on the Committee threatened the Clintons with contempt in the event that they ignored subpoenas, the couple agreed to testify beneath oath about their relationship with Epstein on Feb. 26 and 27.

The depositions are scheduled to be in-person, non-public and each videotaped and transcribed ― the identical format the committee used when it heard from former particular counsel Jack Smith throughout a closed-door listening to in December.

Hillary Clinton lashed out at Comer on Thursday, saying on social media, “If you want this fight … let’s have it―in public.”

The former president provided his personal blistering multi-part Comer critique on Friday, calling the investigation of the couple’s Epstein connections “pure politics” that solely serve “partisan interests.”

He started by noting that he has already referred to as for the total launch of the Epstein recordsdata, supplied a sworn assertion about what he is aware of, and agreed to seem in individual, “but it’s still not enough for the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee,” Clinton stated.

Clinton appeared to take situation with the deposition being taped behind closed doorways.

“Who benefits from this arrangement?” Clinton requested. “It’s not Epstein’s victims, who deserve justice. Not the public, who deserve the truth. It serves only partisan interests. This is not fact-finding, it’s pure politics.”

The former president then stated he wouldn’t “sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court by a Republican Party running scared.”

He added that if the Republicans on the committee “want answers, let’s stop the games & do this the right way: in a public hearing, where the American people can see for themselves what this is really about.”

Comer hadn’t straight commented on Clinton’s posts as of Friday afternoon, however earlier within the day, he famous on social media that the subpoenas issued to the Clintons have been bipartisan.

“Our Epstein investigation is not dictated by the Clintons. Depositions are on video for all to see. If the Clintons want a hearing, it can be after depositions,” he stated.