House Committee Finds Bill and Hillary Clinton in Contempt

For months, former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have played dilatory games with the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee that was deadly serious about forcing them to testify in its inquiry into the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking scandal. On Wednesday, the Committee voted to hold them in contempt of Congress.

There was significant Democratic support for citing both Clintons. Democrats are preparing to go scorched-earth against President Trump and his subordinates the moment they regain control of a congressional chamber; they were not, out of whatever sentimental attachment to the Clintons they may still have, going to create a precedent allowing former presidents and top executive officials to dodge committee subpoenas. The margin on the former president was 34-8, with nine Democrats in favor of contempt and two voting “present”; as for the former secretary, it was 28-15, with three Democrats voting in favor and one “present.”

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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For months, former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have played dilatory games with the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee that was deadly serious about forcing them to testify in its inquiry into the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking scandal. On Wednesday, the Committee voted to hold them in contempt of Congress.

There was significant Democratic support for citing both Clintons. Democrats are preparing to go scorched-earth against President Trump and his subordinates the moment they regain control of a congressional chamber; they were not, out of whatever sentimental attachment to the Clintons they may still have, going to create a precedent allowing former presidents and top executive officials to dodge committee subpoenas. The margin on the former president was 34-8, with nine Democrats in favor of contempt and two voting “present”; as for the former secretary, it was 28-15, with three Democrats voting in favor and one “present.”

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.