Former President Bill Clinton blasted Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Friday as he and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton put together to sit 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 below 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 same 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 would like this struggle … let’s have it―in public.”
The previous 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 pursuits.”
He started by noting that he has already referred to as for the complete launch of the Epstein information, offered a sworn assertion about what he is aware of, and agreed to seem in individual, “but it surely’s nonetheless not sufficient for the Republicans on the Home Oversight Committee,” Clinton stated.
Clinton appeared to take difficulty with the deposition being taped behind closed doorways.
“Who advantages from this association?” Clinton requested. “It’s not Epstein’s victims, who deserve justice. Not the general public, who deserve the reality. It serves solely partisan pursuits. This isn’t fact-finding, it’s pure politics.”
The previous president then stated he wouldn’t “sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court docket by a Republican Party working scared.”
He added that if the Republicans on the committee “need solutions, let’s cease the video games & do that the fitting approach: in a public listening to, the place the American folks can see for themselves what that is actually 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 had been bipartisan.
“Our Epstein investigation shouldn’t be dictated by the Clintons. Depositions are on video for all to see. If the Clintons desire a listening to, it may be after depositions,” he stated.
