Bill Clinton to Face Grilling on 'Significant' Epstein Ties by Congressional Panel
Former US President Bill Clinton is set to be questioned by a Congressional panel regarding his well-documented connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. While Clinton maintains he cut ties before Epstein's 2008 conviction, Democrats aim to redirect focus to Donald Trump's links to the disgraced billionaire amidst new file disclosures. Clinton has not been accused of a crime.
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed in late January 2026 to testify under sworn, filmed depositions before the U.S. House Oversight Committee regarding their connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. This agreement averted potential contempt of Congress proceedings after six months of resisting subpoenas issued in August 2025. The bipartisan subpoenas were approved unanimously by the Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee on July 23, 2025, targeting testimony on Epstein's and Maxwell's crimes.
Hillary Clinton's deposition was scheduled for February 26, 2026, and Bill Clinton's for February 27, 2026, following negotiations with Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), who rejected their initial offers of a transcribed interview for Bill and a sworn declaration for Hillary. The committee had advanced contempt charges in January 2026 after non-compliance, with nine Democrats joining Republicans against Bill Clinton and three against Hillary. Comer described the agreement as the Clintons "caving" to ensure "transparency and accountability for survivors," while the Clintons' attorney accused the probe of partisan "weaponization."
The investigation stems from recently unredacted Justice Department files, including photos of Bill Clinton with Epstein (such as one showing them in a hot tub with a redacted woman), accessed by Congress in late December 2025 via the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Democrats like Reps. Emily Randall and Pramila Jayapal support tough questioning for facts on the abuse network, noting Clinton's Epstein acquaintance ended a decade before his arrest, but highlight similar scrutiny for others like Donald Trump, whose Epstein links Republicans downplay.
Bill Clinton has maintained that he was an acquaintance of Epstein's but stopped communicating with him at least a decade before his arrest. No former president has been compelled to testify before Congress; past cases involved deference or voluntary appearances. Contempt risks persist for prior subpoena defiance, though depositions may resolve this. The probe seeks criminal referrals amid Epstein-related resignations but few U.S. arrests. No credible Philippine news sources (GMA, ABS-CBN, Inquirer, Philstar) have reported on this specific congressional panel, though ABS-CBN's ANC previously covered Clinton being named in Epstein court documents in January 2024 as part of international news coverage.
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