Who’s afraid of the Oversight Committee?
To begin with, Congressional Republicans have warned Bill and Hillary Clinton to respect summons to appear for depositions next month.
The former president and secretary of state will answer questions on Dec. 17 and 18, respectively.
USA Today reported:
“Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican and the chair of the committee, said Nov. 21 that any attempt by the Clintons, longtime political rivals of President Donald Trump, to avoid the depositions would be in defiance of congressional subpoenas.
‘The committee looks forward to confirming their appearance and remains committed to delivering transparency and accountability for the survivors of Epstein’s heinous crimes and for the American people, ’ Comer said in a statement.”
Lawyer to the Clintons, David Kendall, wrote to Congress on Nov. 3 saying the public’s demand for transparency about Epstein is ‘understandable and warranted’, but a deposition of his clients would be unnecessary.
“’ Former President Clinton and former Secretary Clinton welcome legitimate oversight in this matter that is grounded in fact, ’ he wrote. ‘In that regard, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary Hillary Clinton have little to contribute to that legitimate goal, all of which can be readily submitted on paper. ’
Besides that, we have Ghislaine Maxwell, who is set to plead the Fifth if called to testify before the Committee’s investigation on Jeffrey Epstein.
The Independent reported:
“Rep. James Comer, the Kentucky Republican who chairs the committee, told Politico that Maxwell — Epstein’s longtime associate who is currently in prison on sex trafficking charges — refuses to provide new information.
‘Her lawyers have replied that she’s not going to answer any questions’, Comer said.
‘She’s only going to plead the Fifth’, he added. ‘I mean, I could spend a bunch of taxpayer dollars to send staff and members down there, and if she’s going to plead the Fifth, I don’t know that that’s a good investment’.”
In July, Deputy AG Todd Blanche questioned her extensively about Epstein’s network, and Maxwell said she never saw Trump behave inappropriately.
“Last month, the Supreme Court denied an appeal from Maxwell after she asked the court to review whether prosecutors fairly brought a case against her.”
And finally, we have the man formerly known as Prince Andrew, Duke of York.
Now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, he failed to respond to a request to testify before Congress over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
The Telegraph reported:
“The former Duke of York was given two weeks to respond to a summons from the Democratic members of the House oversight committee sent on Nov 6.
The committee said it was ‘time for him to come forward’ about his ‘ties’ to the convicted pedophile. Andrew was asked to respond to the summons by Nov 20.”
“However, on Thursday, sources told The Telegraph that the committee had not heard from Andrew.
Congress cannot compel testimony from foreigners, nor issue subpoenas for foreign citizens living overseas, meaning that he was under no legal obligation to respond.”
A recently revealed email shows Andrew writing ‘we are in this together’, which Congressmen say ‘further confirms our suspicion that you may have valuable information about the crimes committed by Mr. Epstein and his co-conspirators’.
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