In The News 3 February 2026

Clintons to testify before House Oversight Committee

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State and a former U.S. senator, have agreed to testify in the congressional investigation into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Clintons' agreement to testify comes days before a vote on whether to hold the couple in criminal contempt for refusing to appear before the House Oversight Committee after a monthslong standoff.

Bill Clinton was acquainted with Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, but has denied knowledge of his sex offending and says he cut off contact two decades ago.

It's unclear when the Clintons will testify, but it will be the first time a former U.S. president has testified to a congressional panel since Gerald Ford did so in 1983.

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