Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have agreed to testify in a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier accused of sex crimes.
The decision was announced on Monday, Feb. 2, by Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, Angel Urena, in a post responding to the House Oversight Committee.
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“They negotiated in good faith. You did not,” Urena wrote. “They told you what they know under oath, but you don’t care. But the former president and former secretary of state will be there. They look forward to setting a precedent that applies to everyone.”
Earlier, the Clintons had refused to testify in the House’s investigation.
“Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, no matter the consequences. For us, now is that time,” the Clintons wrote in a lengthy letter to the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Mr. Comer, which was obtained by The New York Times.
The US Justice Department began releasing millions of new pages on Friday, Jan. 30 from the Jeffrey Epstein files, along with photos and videos, adding fuel to the politically explosive case that has dogged current US President Donald Trump.
A wealthy US financier, Epstein died in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking of underage girls. His death was ruled a suicide.
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Previous Justice Department releases have shed light on Epstein’s ties to top business executives, celebrities, academics and politicians, including Trump and former president Bill Clinton.
Also, newly released US Justice Department documents show that Jeffrey Epstein, the late American financier, was described as a “manager of wealth” for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump’s right-wing base has long been obsessed with the Epstein saga and conspiracy theories that the financier oversaw a sex trafficking ring for the world’s elite.
Trump and Clinton both figure prominently in the records published so far, but neither has been accused of wrongdoing.
A Republican-led House panel voted recently to launch contempt of Congress proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton over their refusal to testify before its probe into Epstein.
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