Bill Clinton to Face Contempt of Congress After Dodging Epstein Deposition [WATCH]

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said the committee will move to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress after Clinton failed to comply with a lawful subpoena requiring his testimony regarding his association with Jeffrey Epstein.

Comer said Clinton did not appear as required and stressed that the subpoena was issued with full bipartisan support from the committee, not as a unilateral action by its chairman.

“I think everyone knows by now, Bill Clinton did not show up, and I think it’s important to note that this subpoena was voted on in a bipartisan manner by this committee,” Comer said.

“This wasn’t something that I just issued as chairman of the committee. This was voted on by the entire committee in a unanimous vote of the House Oversight Committee to subpoena former President Clinton and former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.”

Comer noted that Hillary Clinton is expected to appear before the committee, though he said it remains to be seen whether that testimony will take place as scheduled.

“Now, Hillary Clinton’s supposed to show up tomorrow. We’ll see what happens there,” he said.

“But with respect to the former president, he did not show up today.”

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Comer said many Americans want answers from Clinton due to the extent of Epstein’s access to the White House during Clinton’s presidency.

“One reason I think most Americans want President Clinton to answer some questions who are is because he visited the White House,” Comer said.

“Jeffrey Epstein visited the White House 17 times while Bill Clinton was President.”

Comer contrasted that access with his own experience as a member of Congress.

“I’ve been in Congress nine years. I think I’ve been to the White House nine times in nine years,” he said. “Epstein was in the White House double the amount of time that I was under one president.”

Comer also cited Clinton’s travel history with Epstein after leaving office.

“And then we know that Bill Clinton flew on Epstein’s playing somewhere around 27 times after the presidency,” he said.

Comer emphasized that the committee is not alleging criminal wrongdoing by Clinton but is seeking answers that he said Clinton has not addressed publicly.

“So no one’s accusing Bill Clinton of anything, any wrongdoing. We just have questions,” Comer said.

“And that’s why the Democrats voted along with Republicans to subpoena Bill Clinton.”

He criticized Democratic members of the committee for not attending the scheduled proceeding and accused them of selective outrage.

“Not a single Democrat showed up today, not a single Democrat,” Comer said.

“The ones that have press conferences on the Capitol steps and talk about how they’re trying to get justice for the victims and all that, it just seems like they only care about questioning Republicans.”

Comer said the committee has previously questioned senior officials from the Trump administration, underscoring what he described as unequal treatment.

“And we’ve had we’ve had a former Trump cabinet secretary, Acosta in for a grilling. We had Bill Barr, former attorney general, in for a grilling,” he said.

“But for whatever reason, President Clinton didn’t show up, and the Democrats on the committee don’t seem to have a problem.”

Comer said the committee was fully prepared for Clinton’s testimony and had worked for months with his legal team to secure his appearance.

“This is the amount of preparation that went into this deposition today. These were the questions that we were prepared to ask,” Comer said.

“We’ve communicated with President Clinton’s 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’re going to show up today or not.”

Comer said Clinton’s failure to appear leaves the committee no choice but to proceed with contempt proceedings.

“I think it’s very disappointing as a result of Bill Clinton not showing up for his lawful subpoena, which again was voted on it unanimously by the committee in a bipartisan manner,” Comer said.