Reporter's Notebook: Clintons call for open Epstein files hearing after months of defying subpoenas
Same show, different day.
Since there was such a tempest over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, perhaps there’s a solution at hand. This compromise would satisfy both red and blue America. And the exhibition would transfix the country: Have former President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump testify at halftime about the Epstein files.
Republicans believe former President Clinton has something to hide about Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats think the same about President Trump. The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the former president and Hillary Clinton to testify about the Epstein files. After a lot of wrangling, the Clintons are due to appear for closed-door depositions later this month.
But both Bill and Hillary Clinton are now calling for open sessions. And Democrats believe that such an appearance at a public session — by a former president — would establish a precedent to lug in President Trump to answer questions about what he knew about Epstein.
GHISLAINE MAXWELL TO APPEAR BEFORE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LAWMAKERS FOR EPSTEIN PROBE DEPOSITION
One architect of the law compelling the release of the Epstein files, applauded demands last week by the former first couple to testify at a televised open hearing. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said the former president is an important witness.
"As long as [the hearing is] focused on Epstein, and it's not a wild goose chase — it's not trying to score political points or embarrass either President Clinton or President Trump, it is asking legitimate questions about what they knew took place and who they knew were participating in heinous acts," said Khanna. "That should be a legitimate point of inquiry."
After agreeing to a closed-door deposition later this month, Hillary Clinton took to X. She wrote to Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., saying, "If you want this fight let’s have it in public."
Former President Clinton echoed his wife the next day on X, also calling for a public session. The former commander in chief declared that he won’t be used "as a prop in a closed door Kangaroo Court."
A spokeswoman for Comer accused the former first couple of "moving the goalposts." Comer was always open to a hearing. But after a closed-door deposition.
"Depositions have historically been much more substantive than hearings," said Comer. "Hearings unfortunately, have become more of an entertainment thing."
It’s hard to track exactly what the Clintons wanted.
The House Oversight Committee voted on a bipartisan basis last August to subpoena both Bill and Hillary Clinton for depositions — along with a host of other prominent …
Same show, different day.
Since there was such a tempest over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, perhaps there’s a solution at hand. This compromise would satisfy both red and blue America. And the exhibition would transfix the country: Have former President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump testify at halftime about the Epstein files.
Republicans believe former President Clinton has something to hide about Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats think the same about President Trump. The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the former president and Hillary Clinton to testify about the Epstein files. After a lot of wrangling, the Clintons are due to appear for closed-door depositions later this month.
But both Bill and Hillary Clinton are now calling for open sessions. And Democrats believe that such an appearance at a public session — by a former president — would establish a precedent to lug in President Trump to answer questions about what he knew about Epstein.
GHISLAINE MAXWELL TO APPEAR BEFORE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LAWMAKERS FOR EPSTEIN PROBE DEPOSITION
One architect of the law compelling the release of the Epstein files, applauded demands last week by the former first couple to testify at a televised open hearing. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said the former president is an important witness.
"As long as [the hearing is] focused on Epstein, and it's not a wild goose chase — it's not trying to score political points or embarrass either President Clinton or President Trump, it is asking legitimate questions about what they knew took place and who they knew were participating in heinous acts," said Khanna. "That should be a legitimate point of inquiry."
After agreeing to a closed-door deposition later this month, Hillary Clinton took to X. She wrote to Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., saying, "If you want this fight let’s have it in public."
Former President Clinton echoed his wife the next day on X, also calling for a public session. The former commander in chief declared that he won’t be used "as a prop in a closed door Kangaroo Court."
A spokeswoman for Comer accused the former first couple of "moving the goalposts." Comer was always open to a hearing. But after a closed-door deposition.
"Depositions have historically been much more substantive than hearings," said Comer. "Hearings unfortunately, have become more of an entertainment thing."
It’s hard to track exactly what the Clintons wanted.
The House Oversight Committee voted on a bipartisan basis last August to subpoena both Bill and Hillary Clinton for depositions — along with a host of other prominent …
Reporter's Notebook: Clintons call for open Epstein files hearing after months of defying subpoenas
Same show, different day.
Since there was such a tempest over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, perhaps there’s a solution at hand. This compromise would satisfy both red and blue America. And the exhibition would transfix the country: Have former President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump testify at halftime about the Epstein files.
Republicans believe former President Clinton has something to hide about Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats think the same about President Trump. The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the former president and Hillary Clinton to testify about the Epstein files. After a lot of wrangling, the Clintons are due to appear for closed-door depositions later this month.
But both Bill and Hillary Clinton are now calling for open sessions. And Democrats believe that such an appearance at a public session — by a former president — would establish a precedent to lug in President Trump to answer questions about what he knew about Epstein.
GHISLAINE MAXWELL TO APPEAR BEFORE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LAWMAKERS FOR EPSTEIN PROBE DEPOSITION
One architect of the law compelling the release of the Epstein files, applauded demands last week by the former first couple to testify at a televised open hearing. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said the former president is an important witness.
"As long as [the hearing is] focused on Epstein, and it's not a wild goose chase — it's not trying to score political points or embarrass either President Clinton or President Trump, it is asking legitimate questions about what they knew took place and who they knew were participating in heinous acts," said Khanna. "That should be a legitimate point of inquiry."
After agreeing to a closed-door deposition later this month, Hillary Clinton took to X. She wrote to Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., saying, "If you want this fight let’s have it in public."
Former President Clinton echoed his wife the next day on X, also calling for a public session. The former commander in chief declared that he won’t be used "as a prop in a closed door Kangaroo Court."
A spokeswoman for Comer accused the former first couple of "moving the goalposts." Comer was always open to a hearing. But after a closed-door deposition.
"Depositions have historically been much more substantive than hearings," said Comer. "Hearings unfortunately, have become more of an entertainment thing."
It’s hard to track exactly what the Clintons wanted.
The House Oversight Committee voted on a bipartisan basis last August to subpoena both Bill and Hillary Clinton for depositions — along with a host of other prominent …
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