Reporter's Notebook: Clinton contempt vote gains steam as Democrats join GOP in Epstein probe standoff
It all started back in the summer. A furor erupted over releasing the Epstein files.The House began its summer vacation a day early. That halted spending bills. Congressional Republican leaders...
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It all started back in the summer. A furor erupted over releasing the Epstein files. The House began its summer vacation a day early. That halted spending bills. Congressional Republican leaders were concerned that bipartisan lawmakers wanted to attach provisions to the measures to compel release of the Epstein files. But there was a weird détente — if you can call it that — on the House Oversight Committee . COMER RIPS 'PAID DISRUPTER' AS BRIEFING ON CLINTON CONTEMPT PUSH DEVOLVES INTO CHAOS On what turned out to be the final day for the House before the lengthy "August recess," which consumed lots of July, all of August and some of September, the Oversight Committee conducted a hearing on international trafficking. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., popped a surprise on the committee. She engineered a plan to subpoena the Epstein files. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., countered Lee’s effort. He concocted an amendment to subpoena former President Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , along with other luminaries who may have some information about the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and the sexual abuse of underage girls in 2005. Epstein later secured what critics termed a "sweetheart deal," by then U.S. Attorney and future Labor Secretary Alex Acosta. Among those Perry wanted to hear from in depositions were former Attorneys General Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder and Alberto Gonzales. Perry also asked to hear from former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller . That’s quite a list. Most never came in for interviews. Some simply had communication with the committee that they had no knowledge of Epstein or the original prosecution. HILLARY CLINTON EXPECTED TO DEFY EPSTEIN PROBE SUBPOENA, RISKING CRIMINAL CHARGES But the Clintons were another matter. Particularly former President Bill Clinton. Firstly, he's a former president. Secondly, he traveled periodically with Epstein and was documented in photographs together. Thir…