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BumRushDaShow

(172,259 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:00 PM Jan 2026

House GOP seeks to hold Bill Clinton in contempt for skipping Epstein deposition

Source: NBC News

Jan. 13, 2026, 10:28 AM EST / Updated Jan. 13, 2026, 10:36 AM EST


WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House Oversight Committee announced Tuesday that it will seek to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress after he failed to appear for a deposition as part of the panel's probe into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"As a result of Bill Clinton not showing up for his lawful subpoena, which again was voted unanimously by the committee in a bipartisan manner, we will move next week in the House Oversight Committee markup to hold former President Clinton in contempt of Congress," Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., told reporters Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill.

The committee had scheduled a deposition with Clinton for Tuesday morning, as well as a deposition with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for Wednesday.

In a letter to Comer, the Clintons said they didn't plan to appear for the depositions. “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,” the Clintons wrote in an eight-page letter. “For us, now is that time.”

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-gop-seeks-hold-clinton-contempt-skipping-epstein-deposition-rcna253780



IOW, the Clintons said "fuck you now go pound sand".
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House GOP seeks to hold Bill Clinton in contempt for skipping Epstein deposition (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jan 2026 OP
RELEASE THE FILES Blue Owl Jan 2026 #1
They should timms139 Jan 2026 #2
TRUMPSTEIN FILES ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW!!! Moostache Jan 2026 #3
"Streisand effect?" EarlG Jan 2026 #4
Yup BumRushDaShow Jan 2026 #6
Maybe that was the idea. ananda Jan 2026 #15
Maybe the fascist supporting loving maga should look in the mirror....your something else Comer...potato chips turbinetree Jan 2026 #5
Bannon has already served jail time for failing to comply with a Congressional subpoena Jose Garcia Jan 2026 #8
And Navarro did too BumRushDaShow Jan 2026 #11
This would set an interesting precedent Jose Garcia Jan 2026 #7
I definitely would've thrown in a "we'll show up and testify right after his long-time pal Donald Trump does" AZJonnie Jan 2026 #9
I would have shown up and testified. I always prefer telling people to go fuck themselves in person. Ray Bruns Jan 2026 #10
Subpoena Melania! What did she know about Epstein? bronxiteforever Jan 2026 #12
Or better BumRushDaShow Jan 2026 #13
Didn't they let their own repukes skip their depositions in the past? sakabatou Jan 2026 #14

Moostache

(11,291 posts)
3. TRUMPSTEIN FILES ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW!!!
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:14 PM
Jan 2026

Release ALL files NOW!
Jail all who seek further illegal delays and hold them in contempt in prison until the law is followed. ALL OF THEM!

EarlG

(23,710 posts)
4. "Streisand effect?"
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:17 PM
Jan 2026

Surely this is going to just put the spotlight back on Epstein and the fact that DOJ is illegally refusing to release the files.

turbinetree

(27,735 posts)
5. Maybe the fascist supporting loving maga should look in the mirror....your something else Comer...potato chips
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:30 PM
Jan 2026

are smarter than you................maybe you can revisit the below people for starters.........


Kevin McCarthy (then-House Minority Leader)
Jim Jordan (R-OH) ( current)
Scott Perry (R-PA) (current)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ) (current)
Mo Brooks (R-AL)

Wilbur Ross (Commerce Secretary)
William Barr
Steve Bannon
Peter Navarro
Mark Meadows
Dan Scavino

BumRushDaShow

(172,259 posts)
11. And Navarro did too
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 06:39 AM
Jan 2026

Yet there he is working in the administration and creating the ENTIRE "tariffs" policy.

Jose Garcia

(3,551 posts)
7. This would set an interesting precedent
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:32 PM
Jan 2026

I'm sure that future Congresses will want to subpoena former Presidents, especially in 2029.

AZJonnie

(4,017 posts)
9. I definitely would've thrown in a "we'll show up and testify right after his long-time pal Donald Trump does"
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:33 PM
Jan 2026

if it were me, but overall, cool!

Ray Bruns

(6,736 posts)
10. I would have shown up and testified. I always prefer telling people to go fuck themselves in person.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:39 PM
Jan 2026

But that’s just me.

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