House panel votes to subpoena Bill and Hillary Clinton over possible links to Ghislaine Maxwell
The House Oversight panel subcommittee made a significant move on Wednesday by voting to subpoena Bill and Hillary Clinton in connection to their alleged ties to Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein. The motion for subpoenas was introduced by Rep. Scott Perry during a Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee hearing and was approved by the Republican-led panel.
In addition to the Clintons, several former top Justice Department officials, including James Comey, Robert Mueller, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Bill Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Alberto Gonzales, were also included in the list of subpoenas sought by Perry to expand the investigation into Maxwell.
The subpoenas would need to be formally issued by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer for the Clintons and the others to be compelled to provide testimony or documents to the panel. The committee spokesperson confirmed that subpoenas would be issued in the future.
Former President Bill Clinton admitted in his 2024 book “Citizen: My Life After the White House” that he had flown on Epstein’s private plane, known as the Lolita Express, in connection to his work with the Clinton Global Initiative nonprofit. He expressed regret for meeting Epstein and stated that the experience was not worth the scrutiny that followed. Clinton maintained that he was unaware of Epstein and Maxwell’s involvement in sex trafficking minors.
Epstein had visited the White House at least 17 times, beginning shortly after Clinton took office in 1993. Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after her 2022 conviction on sex trafficking conspiracy charges, is scheduled to sit for a deposition with the Oversight Committee on August 11 at the Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee.
In addition to the Clinton subpoenas, the subcommittee also approved a measure directing Comer to subpoena the Justice Department for the release of all communications between Biden administration officials and the DOJ related to the Epstein case. This action comes after the committee’s subpoena of Maxwell, signaling a continued effort to investigate the connections and implications of the Epstein case.
