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28-02-2026
WASHINGTON: Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are set to appear before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into the network of influence and crime run by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Both depositions are planned to take place in Chappaqua, New York, where the Clintons reside.
What is a Congressional deposition, and how does it work?
It’s a sworn, out-of-court testimony given as part of a congressional investigation.
The witnesses in this case, the Clintons will testify under oath, behind closed doors, and respond to questions from committee lawyers and investigators.
The session will be recorded and transcribed, and knowingly providing false statements can result in legal consequences.
In the Clintons’ case, they initially resisted testifying, arguing that the inquiry was politically motivated.
They ultimately agreed to appear after the House signaled it was prepared to move towards a bipartisan vote to hold them in contempt, a step that could have led to criminal charges.
“No one is accusing the Clintons of any wrongdoing,” James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said. “We just have a lot of questions.”
The depositions will take place near the Clintons’ house in Chappaqua, rather than on Capitol Hill.
Hillary is scheduled to testify on Thursday, February 26, followed by Bill Clinton on Friday, February 27.
Both depositions will be held behind closed doors, transcribed and filmed.
Congressional depositions are typically scheduled during normal business hours often starting between 9-10am local times but the committee has not publicly confirmed times. Earlier, they had been ordered to appear at 10am for previous iterations of the subpoena.
The agreement to testify follows months of tense exchanges between the Clintons and Representative James Comer, the Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee.
Former President Bill Clinton’s deposition was first requested for October 2025 and later rescheduled for December. He declined to appear, citing a funeral. A follow-up subpoena set a new date of January 13, 2026, but he did not attend.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deposition was initially scheduled for October 9, 2025, and later moved to December 18. A subsequent subpoena set January 14, 2026, as the new date, and she also did not appear.
The Clintons have argued that the subpoenas were legally invalid and accused Comer of targeting them as part of what they described as a broader campaign of political retribution aligned with former President Donald Trump but earlier this month, the Clintons not only agreed to the depositions but argued that they should be held publicly. This, they argued, would both demonstrate to viewers across the United States that they had nothing to hide, and minimize the politicization of their testimonies by House Republicans.
The depositions come nearly three decades after then-President Bill Clinton sat for a six-hour videotaped deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case, where she alleged Clinton made unwanted sexual advances towards her in 1991 when he was governor.
During that sworn testimony in 1998, Clinton was questioned not only about Jones’s allegations but also about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
