Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are one of a series of high-profile people, who are sent to sub-ponus from a Congress committee investigating the deceased sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
Republican James Comer, Chairman of the House Oversite Committee, on Tuesday issued a subponus to eight other persons along with Clinton.
After President Donald Trump’s administration decided against the release of more federal files on the late financier, the committee is seeking information about the history of Epstein.
The decision expressed displeasure between Trump’s supporters and some Democrats, as many believe that files include the “customer list” of famous men associated with Epstein.
Since there is a crack between Trump and Epstein between their orthodox base, the committee, both democrats and the Republican committee recently voted to issue the subponus.
He laid a wide trap under the leadership of the Department of Justice during the George W Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administration, and the committee also sub -sub -sub -sub -department to record a record of Epstein.
Gisline Maxwell’s lawyer, Epstein’s associate who is currently serving a 20 -year sentence for sex trafficking, indicated that she was ready to testify before the powerful inquiry committee with strict legal security. His statement of August 11, however, has been postponed indefinitely.
Epstein legal saga has spread for two decades, with the Florida Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a well -associated person was investigated for allegations of sexual abuse in the early 2000s.
The Commerce has written to each person in letters that the committee should “monitor the enforcement of the federal government’s sex trafficking laws and especially the handling of Shri Epstein and Handling of Prosecution” and Maxwell.
He also indicated that the deposit would start this month and run through the decline, in which Bill Clinton will be scheduled for October 14.
Former Attorney General Merick Garland, Loreta Lynch, Eric Holder and Alberto Gonzhalase were invited to Jeff Sessions and William Barr, who led the Justice Department during Trump’s first term. Former FBI directors James Komi and Robert Mueller were also sent to subponus.
The Clinton Administration is before Epstein’s investigation, but the couple’s critics have long questioned their relationship with Epstein.
A spokesman Has accepted The bill Clinton made four trips with employees on Epstein’s private aircraft in 2002 and 2003, and met Epstein in New York in 2002. Clinton also visited Epstein’s New York apartment around that time.
Each Clinton’s letters cite these incidents as well as other alleged encounters and connections, as reasons for calling them.
In 2019, a spokesperson said the former President “” nothing about the terrible crimes knows that Jeffrey Epstein convicted Florida a few years ago, or with whom he has recently been accused in New York. “
Clinton Foundation and Bill Clinton’s press office did not immediately respond to the remarks request.
The Department of Justice had no comments.
The committee is demanding all the documents and communication of the department on Epstein and Maxwell, “related to or referring to” human trafficking, exploitation of minors, sexual abuse, or related activity “, as well as files against American criminal cases against Maxwell and Epstein, the documents of 2007 can not be done in pre -financer.
It is not immediately clear that the person named by the Commerce will appear before the committee and if they do, will they publicly testimize.
In the last 200 years, only four other former presidents have received sub -letters from the Congress committees, and only two have testified.
In particular, on 6 January 2021, the committee investigating the capital riot voted during a television hearing Sabapona Trump, who then filed a lawsuit to stop it. Upapona was dropped when the committee was dissolved.
Federal prosecutors first accused Epstein with sexual trafficking of minors and other crimes during the first trump administration.
He died of suicide in jail in August, and almost immediately after, many people started questioning the circumstances of his death.
In this summer, Attorney General Palm Bondi announced his department, after a review, no evidence of the long -term “client list” was found for a long time. He also said that the evidence supported that Epstein died of suicide and the government would not release any other file.
The announcements expressed displeasure among some of Trump’s supporters who promised to release the records.
The fight between the House Republican on the matter became so controversial that house speaker Mike Johnson sent MPs home in July to block one vote on the release of Epstein files.
As the Trump administration increased the demand for more Epstein records for the Trump administration increased, the Department of Justice recently met with Maxwell, and it is currently trying to release a grand jury tape from their case. On Tuesday, Maxwell’s lawyer stated that he opposed the release of the tape.
The BBC has asked the White House to comment on the subponus.
