Clintons Agree to Testify in House Investigation into Epstein
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee regarding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to an attorney for the Clintons (Euronews). The agreement, announced Monday, February 2nd, 2026, comes after months of political contention and as Republican lawmakers were moving forward with contempt proceedings against the Clintons (Euronews).
Republican Congressman James Comer, who leads the House Oversight Committee, had been pressing for their testimony (Euronews). The specific details of their involvement with Epstein that the committee seeks to uncover were not immediately clear.
The release of documents related to Epstein by the Department of Justice has implicated numerous high-profile figures (The Verge, Wired). These files revealed the extent to which Epstein cultivated a network of wealthy and influential individuals, particularly in Silicon Valley (Wired).
Among those named in the released files is Elon Musk. The revelations that Musk sought an invitation to Epstein's island added risk to his plans to merge SpaceX with xAI, and then take the combined company public, experts say (The Verge).
Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, also appears extensively in the released files (Wired). The documents show that Thiel arranged to meet with Epstein several times between 2014 and 2017, even after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea for solicitation of prostitution and of procurement of minors to engage in prostitution (Wired). The files also revealed Thiel's elaborate dietary restrictions (Wired).
The House Oversight Committee's investigation is ongoing, and the Clintons' testimony is expected to provide further insight into Epstein's network and activities. The date for their testimony has not yet been set.
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