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<\/a><\/p>\nBelow are excerpts from Chairman Comer\u2019s remarks.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBill Clinton did not show up, and I think it\u2019s important to note that this subpoena was voted on in a bipartisan manner by this Committee. This wasn\u2019t something that I just issued as chairman of the Committee. This was voted on by an entire subcommittee in a unanimous vote to subpoena former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<\/em><\/p>\n [\u2026]<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cNot a single Democrat showed up today. Not a single Democrat\u2014the ones who have press conferences on the Capitol steps and talk about how they\u2019re trying to get justice for the victims and all that. It just seems like they only care about questioning Republicans. And we\u2019ve had a former cabinet secretary, [Alex] Acosta, in for a grilling. We had Bill Barr, former attorney general, in for a grilling. But for whatever reason, President Clinton didn\u2019t show up, and the Democrats on the committee don\u2019t seem to have a problem.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe communicated with President Clinton\u2019s legal team for months now, giving them opportunity after opportunity to come in, to give us a day, and they continue to delay, delay, delay, to the point where we had no idea whether they\u2019re going to show up today or not.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n [\u2026]<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe will move next week in the House Oversight Committee\u2019s markup to hold former President Clinton in contempt of Congress.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Background:<\/strong>\u00a0On July 23, 2025, Republicans and Democrats on the\u00a0Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee\u00a0unanimously approved by voice vote a motion to issue subpoenas to ten individuals, including former President Bill\u00a0Clinton\u00a0and former Secretary of State Hillary\u00a0Clinton, for testimony related to the horrific crimes perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.\u00a0Following the Subcommittee vote, on August 5, 2025, Chairman Comer issued the subpoenas. Former President Clinton\u2019s deposition was initially requested on October 14, 2025, and then moved to December 17, 2025. President Clinton declined this date, citing the need to attend a funeral. The\u00a0Committee said it would accommodate him if he would propose dates certain in January. He declined. The Committee issued a new subpoena with the deposition date set for January 13, 2026.<\/p>\n