Former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finally agreed to the terms of their testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. This whole situation is part of the ongoing investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and honestly, this agreement came down to the wire. The House was actually gearing up to vote on holding the Clintons in contempt of Congress because they hadn’t responded to a congressional subpoena.
House Oversight Chair James Comer announced the deposition dates in a recent statement. You can expect to see former Secretary Clinton testify first on February 26, followed by the former president on February 27. Both appearances will be filmed and transcribed.
When President Trump was asked about this development following a bill signing in the Oval Office, his reaction was pretty interesting. He called the whole situation “a shame,” telling reporters he feels “badly that they have to go through that,” as reported by The Hill.
President Trump even offered some surprisingly measured praise for the couple
Trump stated he always liked the former president. As for the former Secretary of State, he called her “a very capable woman who’s better at debating than some of the other people, I’ll tell you that. She was smarter, smart woman.” He said he hates “to see it in many ways,” but then immediately shifted the focus to himself. “But then I look at me. They went after me. They wanted me to go to jail for the rest of my life and it turned out I was innocent,” he declared, referring to his own past investigations and legal battles.
While the Clintons agreed to the terms of the deposition, their legal team did raise some concerns about the process and the fairness of the arrangement. In a letter sent to Chair Comer, the lawyers stated that after the couple initially agreed to the Chair’s terms, Comer added “new stipulations” that morning requiring the deposition to be recorded on video.
The legal team seemed to suggest they weren’t thrilled about the sudden change in rules. To counter this, the lawyers proposed a different solution: an open hearing. They wrote that they now believe an open hearing “will best suit our concerns about fairness.” They want everyone to be able to judge the answers and the questions accordingly.
The fact that this agreement was reached just as the House was preparing to vote on contempt underscores how serious and immediate this inquiry has become. It looks like the Oversight Committee is getting the testimony it wanted, but only after some serious back-and-forth about how exactly that testimony will be delivered.
Published: Feb 4, 2026 01:30 pm