Comer warns contempt as Clintons face January dates for Epstein-probe depositions

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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is delaying Bill and Hillary Clinton's depositions before Congress until January. In a letter sent to their attorney on Monday evening, Comer warned that a failure to appear for their new dates would result in immediate contempt of Congress proceedings. "They're saying now that he's going to a funeral on that day, so we've been going back and forth with the lawyer," Comer told Fox News Digital the same evening. "We're going to hold him in contempt if he doesn't show up for his deposition." The letter said, however, that they failed to provide "alternative dates" for their testimonies. COMER ACCUSES OVERSIGHT DEMS OF 'CHERRY-PICKING' EPSTEIN ISLAND FILES: 'CHASING HEADLINES' "Therefore, the Committee has chosen the date of January 13, 2026, for the deposition of President Clinton and January 14, 2026, for the deposition of Secretary Clinton. If your clients do not comply with these new dates, the Committee will move immediately to contempt proceedings," the letter said. The Clintons were originally subpoenaed over the summer to testify in the House Oversight Committee's probe into Jeffrey Epstein . They were part of a long list of former presidential administration officials called in for closed-door meetings with the panel's lawyers. EPSTEIN BOASTED HE BRIEFED RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT ON HOW TO HANDLE TRUMP IN NEWLY RELEASED EMAILS To date, just two people have shown up in person — former Trump administration Attorney General Bill Barr and former Trump administration Labor Secretary Alex Acosta. Others have deferred their subpoena dates or opted to send in written statements due to various personal matters, but it appears Comer is not allowing the Clintons to sidestep an in-person grilling. In his letter, the Republican leader even went so far as to criticize the Clintons' lawyer for asking for the same treatment. "Your correspondence with the Committee continues to ignore the Committee’s arguments, misstates relevant…