House Oversight Committee recommends holding Clintons in contempt in Epstein probe

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

Updated on: January 21, 2026 / 4:04 PM EST / CBS News


Washington — The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday recommended holding former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt after the pair refused to appear before the Republican-led panel, which is investigating the Justice Department's handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

"The committee does not take this action lightly," Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the committee's chairman, said ahead of the vote. "But subpoenas are not mere suggestions. They carry the force of law, and require compliance. Former President Clinton and Secretary Clinton were legally required to appear for depositions before this committee. They refused."

Several Democrats voted with Republicans to recommend holding them in criminal contempt of Congress, advancing the issue to the full House for a vote on whether to find them in contempt and refer the matter to the Justice Department. Nine Democrats voted to advance the resolution related to Bill Clinton, while three Democrats supported the Hillary Clinton measure. Comer said he believed the full House would vote on the resolutions in two weeks. "I expect a lot of Democrats to vote on this on the floor," Comer said.

On Tuesday, House Oversight Republicans said the Clintons' attorneys "made an untenable offer" for the GOP chairman and top Democrat on the committee to travel to New York to speak with Bill Clinton. The proposal allowed each lawmaker to bring two staff members and the meeting would not be transcribed, according to the committee. Comer rejected the offer. A Clinton spokesperson denied the transcript stipulation, saying "interviews are on the record and under oath."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-oversight-committee-bill-hillary-clinton-contempt-vote-epstein-investigation/

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. So weak that it wont even shake jello.

[creon]

3. Meaningless

Pure performance.

[durablend]

2. Such a waste of taxpayer money

Speaking of, still waiting for those EPSTEIN FILES

[Lovie777]

4. Backfire...............

This congress, especially the GQP are worthless.

[mysteryowl]

5. Of course CBS would want to report this.

[malthaussen]

6. ROTFLMFAO

Congress and this Administration are the very caricature of tyranny.

-- Mal

[GJGCA]

7. 9 D votes in favor?

Several Democrats voted with Republicans to recommend holding them in criminal contempt of Congress, advancing the issue to the full House. ... Nine Democrats voted to advance the resolution related to Bill Clinton, while three Democrats supported the Hillary Clinton measure.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. They appear to be part of the progressive caucus

These Democrats voted to hold the Clintons in contempt

(snip)

The nine Democrats who voted to advance the resolution concerning former President Clinton were Reps. Maxwell Frost (Fla.), Raja Krishnamoorthi (Ill.), Summer Lee (Pa.), Stephen Lynch (Mass.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Emily Randall (Wash.), Lateefah Simon (Calif.), Melanie Stansbury (N.M.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.).

Rep. Dave Min (D-Calif.) voted “present” on both resolutions, and Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) voted “present” on only the legislation related to the former president.

Only Lee, Stansbury and Tlaib voted to advance the resolution pertaining to Hillary Clinton.

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[murielm99]

10. Raja is one of the Democrats running for Durbin's seat.

Reminder to self: Don't vote for Raja.

[A Badger]

13. Questions-

Does Raja have an opponent in the District's primary?
Or- is your intention just not to vote at all, because of this one vote?

[murielm99]

15. There are several people running to replace the retiring Durbin.

Durbin declined to support any of them. I have been getting emails from Raja for years. I don't know him, but I am on his email list because I have attended events where he was speaking.

Pritzker, our wonderful governor, has endorsed Julianna Stratton, one of the other people running. She is our Lieutenant Governor. I have met her and I attended one of her events. Someone else is on the ticket with Pritzker this time. If Pritzker likes Stratton, that goes a long way with me. In fact, I circulated a nominating petition for Stratton.

Not vote? Who are you Badger, with your 47 posts?

[radical noodle]

11. I will remember these names

I'm so disappointed in Maxwell Frost.

[Talitha]

9. "Comer said he believed the full House would vote on the resolutions in two weeks."

Two weeks - - hmm, where have I heard that before?

[Dr. T]

12. Jim "Gym" Jordan has been defying congressional

subpoenas for four years and nothing has ever happened to him. This leads me to believe that congressional subpoenas are a joke, not to be taken seriously in the times in which we live.

[everyonematters]

14. Jack Smith is testifying in public today before Congress.

Those are the actions of someone who has nothing to hide. He is doing it although the actions by the Republicans is for purely political reasons. According to Gallup's latest poll, 45% of the electorate is registered as independent. We need to constantly keep that in perspective.

[Miguelito Loveless]

16. "Several Democrats voted with Republicans to recommend holding them in criminal contempt of Congress..."

Really?

There is no profanity strong enough.