Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is slated to be questioned Thursday by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee as part of its probe into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Former President Bill Clinton is expected to undergo a similar interview on Friday.
The private session, which will be recorded on video, is scheduled to take place in Chappaqua, New York, where the Clintons reside. Lawmakers are also planning to depose former President Bill Clinton the following day.
These in-person interviews follow months of tense exchanges between the committee and the former first couple. At one stage, the panel threatened to pursue contempt of Congress proceedings after alleging the Clintons failed to comply with an August subpoena.
Originally, the committee had aimed to conduct the depositions in October. Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has claimed the pair delayed cooperating with investigators.
Although the Clintons offered to testify publicly, Comer said the committee typically conducts private interviews before holding open hearings. Both Hillary and Bill Clinton have consistently denied any wrongdoing connected to Epstein and have not been charged with any crimes related to him.
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee defeated by Donald Trump in 2016, has maintained that she and her husband have limited knowledge relevant to the investigation. Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. Clinton has accused the committee of attempting to shift attention away from Trump’s relationship with Epstein.
“Other witnesses were asked to testify. They gave written statements under oath. We offered that,” she told the BBC in an interview last week. “Why do they want to pull us into this? To divert attention from President Trump. This is not complicated.”
In December, previously unreleased photographs showing Bill Clinton with Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell were made public in the first release of records under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a 2025 law directing the Justice Department to disclose investigative materials tied to Epstein and Maxwell.