Wednesday, February 4, 2026-Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee as part of an ongoing congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The decision follows months of resistance to in-person testimony and growing pressure from Republican lawmakers, who had threatened to hold the Clintons in contempt of Congress if they refused to appear. Their agreement marks a major development in the high-profile inquiry and has temporarily halted plans for contempt proceedings.
Under the agreement, Hillary Clinton is scheduled to give her deposition on February 26, followed by Bill Clinton on February 27. Both sessions will be conducted under oath and recorded for the congressional record. Committee leaders say the testimony is intended to clarify what the Clintons may have known about Epstein’s activities and associations, though neither has been accused of wrongdoing in the investigation.
Negotiations over the testimony were tense, with the Clintons initially proposing alternatives such as written responses or private interviews. Lawmakers rejected those options, insisting on formal depositions as a condition for cooperation. With the agreement now finalized, attention turns to the substance of their testimony and whether it will produce new information in one of the most politically sensitive investigations currently before Congress.
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