House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued subpoenas in July 2025 for both Bill and Hillary Clinton to testify under oath about their connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bill Clinton's deposition was scheduled for December 17, 2025, at 10 a.m. Hillary Clinton's was set for December 18.
Neither showed up. It's been more than eight months.
Comer, the Kentucky Republican leading the investigation, said the Clintons have "delayed, obstructed, and largely ignored" the committee's efforts to schedule their testimony. The subpoenas were originally approved in July 2025, with depositions initially set for October before being pushed to December following discussions with David Kendall, the Clintons' longtime attorney.
December came and went. So did January, February, March, April, May, June, July, and August.
The committee's investigation has produced real findings. Comer's team obtained more than 95,000 images from Epstein's estate. Nineteen have been released publicly. Ten individuals in total were subpoenaed — the Clintons among them.
Bill Clinton's connection to Epstein is not in dispute. Flight logs show Clinton traveled on Epstein's private jet 26 times after leaving the White House. On some of those flights, records indicate his Secret Service detail was not on board. A Clinton spokesperson has said he ended all contact with Epstein "well before" the financier's 2019 arrest and was "unaware" of any alleged crimes. Epstein died by suicide in federal custody in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
That's the backdrop against which the Clintons are declining to answer questions.
Kendall's strategy is a familiar one in Washington. You don't refuse outright — that generates headlines. You "engage in discussions." You agree to reschedule. Then you reschedule again. Then you stop returning calls. By the time anyone notices, the news cycle has moved on and the committee looks like it's harassing a beloved elder statesman.
It is worth noting, briefly, that Republicans who resisted congressional oversight didn't get this treatment. Congressional Democrats pursued former Attorney General Bill Barr with contempt threats. Rep. Scott Perry had his phone seized by the FBI. The standard — comply immediately or face consequences — has not visibly applied to the Clintons since they blew past two deposition dates without incident.
Eight months of silence from a former president who was subpoenaed to answer questions about 95,000 images from a dead sex trafficker's estate.
The media has a word for when Republicans resist congressional oversight. They call it obstruction. When a Clinton does it, they call it a scheduling conflict.