Clintons put Comer in his place.

[Takket]

The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:

— Peter Sagal (@petersagal.bsky.social) 2026-01-13T18:19:59.728Z

you'll have to open the link on Bluesky to see the letter.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Agreed. That's some writing!

[Ocelot II]

2. In other words, fuck you very much.

Nicely done, Clintons.

[AllaN01Bear]

20. si. ding . this .

[sop]

3. The letter:

[usonian]

4. First, the text, and second a blast at moronic "social" sites that only let you take pictures of important documents.

Read the entire text of the letter below:

Chairman Comer, We want to take a moment, given everything, to address you directly

This past year has seen our Government engage in unprecedented acts, including against our own citizens

People have been seized by masked federal agents from their homes, their workplaces, and the streets of their communities

Students and scientists with visas permitting them to study and work here have been deported without due process

The people who laid siege to the U.S. Capitol have been pardoned and called heroes

Agencies vital to the country’s national security have been dismantled

Universities, media companies, and law firms have been subjected to threats to their funding, access, and licensing unless they made concessions and surrendered their right to constitutionally protected free speech

American troops have been deployed on the streets of our towns and cities

The Justice Department has been used as a weapon, at the direction of the President, to pursue political opponents

And most recently and searingly, an ICE agent killed an unarmed mother only days ago

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

We are lucky by virtue of the positions we held, and the protections afforded by them

But we are not blind

Every day we see the country we have dedicated our lives to improving take step after step after step backwards

As chairman of this powerful congressional committee, you have immense power to target anyone and subject them to closed door interrogation and more

The decisions you have made, and the priorities you have set as chairman regarding the Epstein investigation, have prevented progress in discovering the facts about the government’s role

The facts speak for themselves: You subpoenaed eight people in addition to us

You dismissed seven of those eight without any of them saying a single word to you

You made no attempt to force them to appear

In fact, since you started your investigation last year, you have interviewed a total of two people

Two

A legal analysis prepared by two law firms and provided to you yesterday makes clear your subpoenas are legally invalid

You claim your subpoenas are inviolate when they are used against us yet were silent when the sitting President took the same position, as a former president, barely more than three years ago

We call on you to release that analysis to the public to allow them to see how this is yet another example of the casual disregard of the law of the land

All the while, you have done nothing with your oversight capacity to force the Department of Justice to follow the law and release all its Epstein files, including any material regarding us as we have publicly called for

Over the last year in the House, extending health care for Americans in any state succeeded only because enough Republicans joined with Democrats

The fact that the public and we are seeing any of the Department of Justice’s Epstein files is only because four Republicans, out of 220, joined every Democrat to reach the minimum number of Members to force a vote

You were not one of those four

Even now, despite the Department of Justice’s failure to follow the law the Congress passed, you have chosen not to consider subpoenaing the sitting Attorney General to follow the law

Despite everything that needs to be done to help our country, you are on the cusp of bringing Congress to a halt to pursue a rarely used process literally designed to result in our imprisonment

This is not the way out of America’s ills, and we will forcefully defend ourselves

Indeed, bringing the Republicans’ cruel agenda to a standstill while you work harder to pass a contempt charge against us than you have done on your investigation this past year would be our contribution to fighting the madness

We have tried to give you the little information we have

We’ve done so because Mr

Epstein’s crimes were horrific

If the Government didn’t do all it could to investigate and prosecute these crimes, for whatever reason, that should be the focus of your work – to learn why and to prevent that from happening ever again

There is no evidence that you are doing so

Instead, you have forced the victims to relive their painful experiences, while doing little to give them and everybody else what’s deserved: truth and justice

There is no plausible explanation for what you are doing other than partisan politics

You accepted the least from those who know the most but demand the most from those who know the least

To say you can’t complete your work without speaking to us is simply bizarre

You have asked what we know

To answer your inquiry, we are providing you with the same or more than seven of the other eight individuals you subpoenaed regarding the handling of the Epstein investigations and prosecutions, which may be why you have not publicly released their written statements

We expect you will say it is not enough

We expect you’ll reject it

You may even set out an empty chair or stand in front of the cameras and outright dismiss what we have provided

We expect you will direct your committee to seek to hold us in contempt

You may even release irrelevant, decades-old photos that you hope will embarrass us

You will say your caucus, and the Speaker and the President are behind you 100%

We hope, perhaps in vain, that they will not allow you to singlehandedly hijack the Congress by unilaterally making this decision for your colleagues, your party, and our country

You will say it is not our decision to make

But we have made it

Now you have to make yours

We are prepared to make our case to your 45 committee members, and if need be, more

Importantly, we also will defend ourselves in the public arena and ensure this country knows exactly what you are doing and why you are doing so, instead of helping the American people who need this Congress’s work and protection

For most people, maybe even the bulk of the Congress, today will be the first they learn of this dispute

We are confident that any reasonable person in or out of Congress will see, based on everything we release, that what you are doing is trying to punish those who you see as your enemies and to protect those you think are your friends

Continue to mislead Americans about what is truly at stake, and you will learn that Americans are better at finding the truth than you are at burying it

Continue to pursue autopens instead of penning laws Americans need, and you will learn that you are signing away any remaining chance of being on the right side of history

Continue to abet the dismantling of America, and you will learn that it takes more than a wrecking ball to demolish what Americans have built over 250 years

Sincerely, Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton

Read more at: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article314306709.html#storylink=cpy

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Outstanding letter!

Trying to create an "Emails!! Emails!!" or "Benghazi!!" moment to distract the country is a lame strategy that won't work. The tide has turned. The Clinton's really put him in his place.

[Deuxcents]

6. They may have opened the doors for others to get their backbones aligned

[CozyMystery]

21. Let's hope so

I read the letter and I was flabbergasted. Finally, something I want to see and read! Something, sadly, that no current member of the federal government has done, that I can tell. Maybe this will inspire them to act or at least to let us know what they are doing. Because right now, with few exceptions, this entire debacle has been one big, dangerous, cluster f*ck.

The Clintons are the shining example of the integrity I wish everyone in government had. This letter engendered the most admiration I have ever had for any elected or appointed official in the federal government. That includes Bernie, AOC, and the Obamas -- all of whom I admire very much.

[sheshe2]

7. Well said, Clintons and well done!

That is a powerful letter.

[dem4decades]

8. Smart people writing to dumb people.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Don't forget both Clintons were attorney. Bill taught law and she practiced for years.

[Scrivener7]

10. The last three paragraphs are especially awesome. But the whole thing is great.

And let's not forget that Cankles's own chief of staff said Clinton is not implicated in the files.

[niyad]

11. Most impressive. Do NOT fuck with actual trained, smart lawyers,

and exerienced government officials.

[Picaro]

12. Excellent letter

I thank the Clintons for their continued service.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

13. In other words,

Hey Comey, bend over and stick your subpoenas where the sun don't shine.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. still cant read it.

[Celerity]

16. the entire text of the letter:

Chairman Comer,

We want to take a moment, given everything, to address you directly.

This past year has seen our Government engage in unprecedented acts, including against our own citizens. People have been seized by masked federal agents from their homes, their workplaces, and the streets of their communities. Students and scientists with visas permitting them to study and work here have been deported without due process.

The people who laid siege to the U.S. Capitol have been pardoned and called heroes. Agencies vital to the country’s national security have been dismantled. Universities, media companies, and law firms have been subjected to threats to their funding, access, and licensing unless they made concessions and surrendered their right to constitutionally protected free speech.

American troops have been deployed on the streets of our towns and cities. The Justice Department has been used as a weapon, at the direction of the President, to pursue political opponents. And most recently and searingly, an ICE agent killed an unarmed mother only days ago.

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.

We are lucky by virtue of the positions we held, and the protections afforded by them. But we are not blind. Every day we see the country we have dedicated our lives to improving take step after step after step backwards.

As chairman of this powerful congressional committee, you have immense power to target anyone and subject them to closed door interrogation and more. The decisions you have made, and the priorities you have set as chairman regarding the Epstein investigation, have prevented progress in discovering the facts about the government’s role.

The facts speak for themselves: You subpoenaed eight people in addition to us. You dismissed seven of those eight without any of them saying a single word to you. You made no attempt to force them to appear. In fact, since you started your investigation last year, you have interviewed a total of two people. Two.

A legal analysis prepared by two law firms and provided to you yesterday makes clear your subpoenas are legally invalid. You claim your subpoenas are inviolate when they are used against us yet were silent when the sitting President took the same position, as a former president, barely more than three years ago.

We call on you to release that analysis to the public to allow them to see how this is yet another example of the casual disregard of the law of the land. All the while, you have done nothing with your oversight capacity to force the Department of Justice to follow the law and release all its Epstein files, including any material regarding us as we have publicly called for.

Over the last year in the House, extending health care for Americans in any state succeeded only because enough Republicans joined with Democrats. The fact that the public and we are seeing any of the Department of Justice’s Epstein files is only because four Republicans, out of 220, joined every Democrat to reach the minimum number of Members to force a vote.

You were not one of those four. Even now, despite the Department of Justice’s failure to follow the law the Congress passed, you have chosen not to consider subpoenaing the sitting Attorney General to follow the law.

Despite everything that needs to be done to help our country, you are on the cusp of bringing Congress to a halt to pursue a rarely used process literally designed to result in our imprisonment. This is not the way out of America’s ills, and we will forcefully defend ourselves.

Indeed, bringing the Republicans’ cruel agenda to a standstill while you work harder to pass a contempt charge against us than you have done on your investigation this past year would be our contribution to fighting the madness.

We have tried to give you the little information we have. We’ve done so because Mr. Epstein’s crimes were horrific. If the Government didn’t do all it could to investigate and prosecute these crimes, for whatever reason, that should be the focus of your work – to learn why and to prevent that from happening ever again.

There is no evidence that you are doing so. Instead, you have forced the victims to relive their painful experiences, while doing little to give them and everybody else what’s deserved: truth and justice. There is no plausible explanation for what you are doing other than partisan politics.

You accepted the least from those who know the most but demand the most from those who know the least. To say you can’t complete your work without speaking to us is simply bizarre.

You have asked what we know. To answer your inquiry, we are providing you with the same or more than seven of the other eight individuals you subpoenaed regarding the handling of the Epstein investigations and prosecutions, which may be why you have not publicly released their written statements.

We expect you will say it is not enough. We expect you’ll reject it. You may even set out an empty chair or stand in front of the cameras and outright dismiss what we have provided. We expect you will direct your committee to seek to hold us in contempt. You may even release irrelevant, decades-old photos that you hope will embarrass us.

You will say your caucus, and the Speaker and the President are behind you 100%. We hope, perhaps in vain, that they will not allow you to singlehandedly hijack the Congress by unilaterally making this decision for your colleagues, your party, and our country.

You will say it is not our decision to make. But we have made it. Now you have to make yours.

We are prepared to make our case to your 45 committee members, and if need be, more. Importantly, we also will defend ourselves in the public arena and ensure this country knows exactly what you are doing and why you are doing so, instead of helping the American people who need this Congress’s work and protection.

For most people, maybe even the bulk of the Congress, today will be the first they learn of this dispute. We are confident that any reasonable person in or out of Congress will see, based on everything we release, that what you are doing is trying to punish those who you see as your enemies and to protect those you think are your friends.

Continue to mislead Americans about what is truly at stake, and you will learn that Americans are better at finding the truth than you are at burying it.

Continue to pursue autopens instead of penning laws Americans need, and you will learn that you are signing away any remaining chance of being on the right side of history.

Continue to abet the dismantling of America, and you will learn that it takes more than a wrecking ball to demolish what Americans have built over 250 years.

Sincerely,

Bill Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton

[AllaN01Bear]

17. thanks for your help

[Celerity]

19. yw

[electric_blue68]

15. Wow. Bringing it!

[AllaN01Bear]

18. ding this .