Former US president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are calling for their congressional testimony on ties to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to be held publicly, to prevent Republicans from politicising the issue, reported The Guardian.
Both
Clintons had been ordered to give closed-door depositions before the House of
Representatives’ oversight committee, which is investigating the deceased
financier’s connections to powerful figures and how information about his
crimes was handled.
Democrats
say the probe is being weaponised to attack political opponents of president
Donald Trump – himself a longtime Epstein associate who has not been called to
testify – rather than to conduct legitimate oversight.
House
Republicans had previously threatened a contempt vote if the Democratic power
couple did not show up to testify, which they have since agreed to do.
But
holding the deposition behind closed doors, Bill Clinton said
Friday, would be akin to being tried at a “kangaroo court”.
“Let’s
stop the games + do this the right way: in a public hearing,” the former
Democratic president said on X.
Hillary
Clinton, the former secretary of state, said the couple had already told the
Republican-led oversight committee “what we know”.
“If you
want this fight ... let’s have it in public,” she said on Thursday.
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