UNITED STATES.- The former president of United States Bill Clinton (1993-2001) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed this Monday to testify before the House of Representatives in the investigation into the case of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
In past months the Clinton They had refused to honor quotes from Rep. James R. Comer of Kentucky, the committee’s Republican chairman, calling them invalid and legally unenforceable.
The attendance of the Clintons before the Lower House to testify was confirmed by the former president’s spokesperson, Ángel Ureña in a publication in X.
Ureña responded to a letter from the House Oversight Committee by saying that the Clintons had “acted in good faith” and that the senators “had not done it.”
Former President Clinton “will be there,” Ureña highlighted and said that attendance to testify is expected to set a precedent in this type of case.
Epstein case: celebrities involved are being investigated
Bill and Hillary Clinton’s call to testify is part of a broader investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s network and the possible connections of public figures to their crimes. Although neither of them have been accused of irregularities, legislators They seek to clarify the links and communications that may have existed during the years when Epstein operated in high-profile political and financial circles.
Last week the Department of Justice published more than three million pages of documents, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images related to the investigation.
Lawmakers and victims criticized the process for delays, faulty redactions and the inadvertent exposure of names of survivors, including dozens of minors, leading to the temporary withdrawal of thousands of files while procedures for protecting sensitive data are reviewed.
For his part, the American president, Donald Trumpsaid this Monday at the White House that he considered that the Department of Justice should put the Epstein case aside and once again denied any type of involvement with the magnate Epstein.
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