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January 22, 2026

House Committee Votes to Hold Bill & Hillary Clinton in Contempt in Epstein Probe
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The House Oversight Committee has voted to hold former President Bill
Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of
Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena to testify as part of a
congressional probe into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Nine
Democrats on the House panel voted with Republicans to hold Bill Clinton
in contempt. According to flight logs, Bill Clinton took four
international trips on Epstein's private jet.
Meanwhile, the House committee has also announced it will depose
Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell on February 9 as part of its
probe. She is currently serving a 20-year sentence on sex trafficking
charges. This all comes as pressure grows on the Department of Justice
to fully release its Epstein files. So far just 1% of the files have
been made public.


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