Democrats dodge questions as House GOP prepares contempt votes against the Clintons

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House Democrats are largely mum about whether they'll help Republicans advance a pair of contempt resolutions against former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday. The House Oversight Committee is meeting at 10 a.m. to weigh a pair of reports on holding the Clintons in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas in the panel's Jeffrey Epstein probe. What's likely to be hours of debate will be followed by votes on whether to tee up those reports as House-wide votes on resolutions referring the former first couple to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal prosecution. The resolutions are likely to advance, at least along party lines. But two Democrats on the committee who spoke with Fox News Digital on Tuesday were careful to avoid making concrete decisions before the pivotal votes. "Right now, we should all be focused on releasing the Epstein files," Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told Fox News Digital. "After the files are released, call in the Clintons, and they should testify, as should anyone. But it's premature to be calling in people to testify when the files haven't been released." REPUBLICAN HOUSE LEADER SIGNALS PLAN TO BEGIN CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON Khanna, along with Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., led a successful effort to force a vote on mandating that the DOJ release nearly all of its Epstein files. The DOJ has yet to produce more than a fraction of the documents, however, more than a month after the deadline set by Congress. When asked directly how he would vote regarding the Clintons on Wednesday, Khanna said, "I would say that they need to come in after the files are released." CLINTON SPOKESMAN LASHES OUT AT COMER OVER EPSTEIN PROBE AS CONTEMPT VOTE NEARS Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., a first-term member of the committee, told Fox News Digital when asked how he'll vote, "We'll see how they're treating all of the other people who have not complied completely with the committee, bec…