House subpoenas Bill and Hillary Clinton, former officials for testimony in Epstein probe

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has issued deposition subpoenas for former President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton in connection with the panel's probe related to the “horrific crimes perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein.”

In addition to the former president and secretary of state, respectively, subpoenas have been issued for the testimony of former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller and former Attorneys General Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr. 

According to the subpoena documents, the deposition for Hillary Clinton, also the Obama administration's secretary of state, is set for Oct. 9 and Bill Clinton’s is for Oct. 14. Attorneys General Barr and Sessions are set for late August. Obama-era attorneys general Holder and Lynch are set to appear in September. 

The committee also issued a subpoena to the Department of Justice for all records related to Epstein, the deceased financier and convicted sex-crime offender, after voting last month to seek testimony from each of the officials and the DOJ. 

Comer has also sought the testimony from Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, but has agreed to delay a hearing until after the Supreme Court has heard her pending appeal. 

Maxwell was charged and sentenced to 20 years in prison on five counts related to the sex trafficking scheme. Prosecutors said Maxwell groomed women as young as 14 to be abused sexually by Epstein from 1994 to 2004. 

Epstein was a mysterious man of power and influence. He rubbed elbows with the world’s elite and died under widely questioned circumstances in his jail cell while awaiting trial in Manhattan on sex trafficking charges. 

In the indictment against him, the Justice Department alleged he “sexually exploited and abused dozens of underage girls by enticing them to engage in sex acts with him in exchange for money.” Officials ruled that Epstein had committed suicide. 

The strange circumstances of his untimely death and his association with rich and powerful figures have captivated audiences and inspired theories about blackmail operations, foreign intelligence work, and coverups of murder – all of which remain unverified. Of major interest in whether Epstein has a client list, and if so who among the country's power elite were on it.