Clintons Reach Agreement for House Oversight Testimony

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--- > **Claim:** Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** As of early February 2026, both Clintons have reached an agreement to provide testimony to the House Oversight Committee following a standoff regarding subpoenas. [Search Evidence Query 1] --- --- > **Claim:** Hillary Clinton is scheduled to provide her testimony on February 26, 2026, followed by Bill Clinton on February 27, 2026. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** The specific dates for the testimony have been confirmed as February 26 for Hillary Clinton and February 27 for Bill Clinton. [Search Evidence Query 1] --- --- > **Claim:** Both appearances will be conducted as closed-door depositions. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** The agreement specifies that both will sit for transcribed, filmed depositions, which the committee required over more limited forms of cooperation. [Search Evidence Query 1] --- --- > **Claim:** The Clintons initially resisted subpoenas issued in August 2025. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** Subpoenas were officially issued by Chairman James Comer on August 5, 2025. The Clintons' legal team challenged their validity throughout the fall of 2025, leading to the eventual contempt proceedings. [Search Evidence Query 6] --- --- > **Claim:** House Oversight Committee Chair is James Comer (R-Ky.). - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** James Comer is the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. [Search Evidence Query 1] --- --- > **Claim:** The committee advanced contempt of Congress resolutions on January 21, 2026. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** On January 21, 2026, the committee voted to advance contempt resolutions against both Bill and Hillary Clinton after they failed to appear for previously scheduled depositions in mid-January. [Search Evidence Query 2] --- --- > **Claim:** Attorneys for the Clintons proposed a sworn declaration for Hillary Clinton and a New York-based interview for Bill Clinton, which Chairman Comer rejected. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** The committee rejected the Clintons' initial offers for "more limited forms of cooperation," including written responses and shorter interviews, insisting on full transcribed depositions. [Search Evidence Query 1, Query 2] --- --- > **Claim:** Jeffrey Epstein invoked his Fifth Amendment right in a deposition on September 9, 2016. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** Jeffrey Epstein sat for a deposition on Friday, September 9, 2016, in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he invoked the Fifth Amendment approximately 600 times. [Search Evidence Query 3] --- --- > **Claim:** The transcript of the September 9, 2016, deposition contains no specific mentions of Bill Clinton. - **Verdict:** ❌ Inaccurate - **Analysis:** The unsealed transcript reveals that attorneys asked more than a dozen specific questions about Bill Clinton, including his visits to Epstein's island and travel on his private plane. While Epstein refused to answer, the transcript contains numerous mentions of the former president. [Search Evidence Query 3] --- --- > **Claim:** Bill Clinton has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing in the Epstein matter. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** Reports confirm that while the committee is investigating his ties and travel records, Bill Clinton has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing in this specific investigation. [Search Evidence Query 1] --- --- > **Claim:** The DOJ released 2013 draft emails where Epstein claimed knowledge of Bill Gates’ alleged extramarital relations with a Russian bridge player and a purported STI. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** Documents released by the DOJ in January 2026 included draft emails from July 2013 where Epstein alleged Gates had an affair with a Russian bridge player (Mila Antonova) and had contracted an STI. [Search Evidence Query 4] --- --- > **Claim:** Epstein suggested these allegations were used to pressure Gates regarding a charitable fund. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** Evidence suggests Epstein attempted to use his knowledge of the alleged affair to pressure Gates in 2017 after Gates refused to join a multibillion-dollar charitable fund Epstein was attempting to establish with JPMorgan Chase. [Search Evidence Query 4] --- --- > **Claim:** A spokesperson for Bill Gates characterized the allegations as "absolutely absurd and completely false." - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** Gates' representatives have used this exact phrasing to rebut the claims found in the Epstein documents, calling them a calculated attempt to defame him. [Search Evidence Query 4] --- --- > **Claim:** Melinda French Gates recently expressed "unbelievable sadness" regarding the revelations. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** In a February 2026 interview with NPR’s Rachel Martin, Melinda French Gates stated that the latest revelations regarding her former husband's ties to Epstein brought her "unbelievable sadness." [Search Evidence Query 5] --- --- > **Claim:** Former President Donald Trump appears in the Epstein files and was photographed with Epstein. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** Trump is mentioned in the files (including questions about Mar-a-Lago in the 2016 deposition), and the DOJ release included warnings about images involving various public figures, including Trump. [Search Evidence Query 3, Query 7] --- --- > **Claim:** Donald Trump has not been issued a subpoena by the committee. - **Verdict:** ✅ Verified - **Analysis:** While the Clintons were subpoenaed in August 2025, there is no record of a current subpoena for Donald Trump in the provided evidence regarding this specific Oversight Committee inquiry. [Search Evidence Query 1, Query 6] --- --- > **Claim:** Reports clarified that no photographs of Steve Bannon or Richard Branson were included in the late 2025 DOJ releases. - **Verdict:** ❌ Inaccurate - **Analysis:** The late 2025 and early 2026 releases explicitly included a photo of Steve Bannon posing with Epstein at his New York townhouse and an undated photo of Richard Branson with Epstein. [Search Evidence Query 7] ---

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