Ex-President Bill Clinton & wife Hillary ordered to give testimony regarding Jeffrey Epstein
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FORMER US President Bill Clinton and wife Hillary have been subpoenaed to give bombshell testimony regarding Jeffery Epstein.
The House Oversight Committee - controlled by the Republicans - yesterday also demanded interviews under oath for eight former top law enforcement officials.
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Paedophile Epstein with Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for trafficking underage girls
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The Clintons have been called to appear before the committee in October along with Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions who served under President Trump during his first term.
The panel issued a subpoena to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for records related to Epstein in its investigation into the paedophile.
The effort also called for other high-profile Democrats with expected ties to Epstein to be subpoenaed.
Committee Chair James Comer announced the move less than two weeks after DOJ officials interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for trafficking underage girls.
She was moved to a minimum-security facility in Texas earlier this week.
Lawmakers say the probe could reveal connections to President Trump and other former senior officials.
The investigation kicked off after Trump faced backlash over a two-page memo which stated that no Epstein 'client list' exists.
It comes as the Justice Department, under Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, weighed whether to release the transcript of the closed-door interview with Maxwell.
The two-day interview, conducted last week in Tallahassee, reportedly focused on roughly 100 individuals connected to Epstein, with Maxwell's attorney saying she answered "every single question" under limited immunity.
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Ex-US President Bill Clinton has been subpoenaed to give bombshell testimony regarding Jeffery Epstein
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