The Clintons Refuse to Testify before Congress about Epstein.

[Jrose]

'Instead they call for Comer to "force the Department of Justice to follow the law and release all its Epstein files, including any material regarding US as we have publicly called for."

[Excerpts from letter,
January 13, 2026]

'Chairman Comer,

We want to take a moment, given everything, to address you directly.

This past year has seen our Government engage in unprecedented acts, including against our own citizens. People have been seized by masked federal agents from their homes, their workplaces, and the streets of their communities. Students and scientists with visas permitting them to study and work here have been deported without due process. The people who laid siege to the U.S. Capitol have been pardoned and called heroes. Agencies vital to the country’s national security have been dismantled. Universities, media companies, and law firms have been subjected to threats to their funding, access, and licensing unless they made concessions and surrendered their right to constitutionally protected free speech. American troops have been deployed on the streets of our towns and cities. The Justice Department has been used as a weapon, at the direction of the President, to pursue political opponents. And most recently and searingly, an ICE agent killed an unarmed mother only days ago.

'Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, no matter the consequences.
For us, now is that time.

......
'Continue to mislead Americans about what is truly at stake, and you will learn that Americans are better at finding the truth than you are at burying it.

'Continue to pursue autopilots instead of penning laws Americans need, and you will learn that you are signing away any remaining chance of being on the right side of history.

'Continue to abet the dismantling of America, and you will learn that it takes more than a wrecking ball to demolish what Americans have built over 250 years.
........


Sincerely,

Bill Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton"

https://krassencast.com/p/full-letter-clintons-refuse-to-testify?publication_id=1458862&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=3jvpe3&utm_medium=email#:~:text=Krassencast%20%2D%20Protecting%20Democracy,Hillary%20Rodham%20Clinton

[MustLoveBeagles]

1. You tell em

[underpants]

2. In summary 🖕🫵

[calimary]

3. Amen!

[Iggo]

4. "You first." --The Clintons

[efhmc]

17. Release all of the Epstein files and then, just maybe we will talk.

[Mike Nelson]

5. I would have...

... added, "We're following the standard set by Jim Jordan, who refused his Congressional subpoena while serving in Congress," but I'm a bit more snarky than Bill and Hillary.

[leftstreet]

6. They should agree to it - when all the files are released

[iemanja]

7. Why on earth should it be "The Clintons" anyway?

There is no suggestion that Hillary was in anyway involved with Epstein. The GOP has a hard on for her.

[LudwigPastorius]

12. They want to grill her over anything and everything in the hope that she makes a misstatement or error.

That, so Bondi can charge her with perjury and prosecute her.

[efhmc]

16. Really, that Trump idiot thinks can she can outwit/think HRC???

[Iggo]

28. Red meat for the idiots.

[Evolve Dammit]

36. Lightening rod to the "base."

[Joinfortmill]

8. What they have on Trump must be UGLY.

[ScratchCat]

10. Trump and others were being blackmailed by Epstein

We know this because Pam Bondi stood there and said there was no client list and nobody was being blackmailed. Everything they say is the opposite of the truth.

That's primarily what they don't want out. As others have posted, it goes very far and wide as to who was being blackmailed. Its my belief many have offered Trump large sums of money to keep it under wraps. Given that "everybody" says there is nothing in the files that indicate crimes by Trump, this is about the only legitimate explanation as to why he is trying so hard to not release it all.

[Clouds Passing]

38. Real ugly

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220933059

[Joinfortmill]

39. I can't bring myself to listen to the audio.

When you read this, you're afraid of what the next sentence might reveal. Some very big guns were behind this.

[Clouds Passing]

40. It is disgusting. Dumpy is disgusting, vile, evil. SR names names and describes the horror they inflicted upon him.

Don’t want to repeat it here.

[stillspkg]

42. ALERT

If you haven't gone to this link and listened to the audio, you need to. It is an interview from 2025 with one of the male victims of Epstein and Trump. (It's hard to stomach, however, it is important and the man being interviewed is courageous and is glad it will be heard)

[hamsterjill]

9. Don't fuck with Big Dawg!

Bill Clinton may be old and he may be slowing down, but he is still one of the most cunning politicians that I've ever seen. Hillary is smart; Bill is cunning.

Let's see how this unfolds.

[Joinfortmill]

11. Yup. TickTock.

[Buckeyeblue]

13. I agree. They don't understand who they are dealing with

He would likely make them look very foolish.

[Blue_Roses]

15. And he's a hell of

a lot smarter than all of them put together!

[ShazzieB]

18. "Hillary is smart; Bill is cunning."

And between the two of them, they are a formidable team. They both have more brains in their little fingers than all the Republicans in Congress put together have in their heads.
Comer is so outmatched that he's probably too stupid to realize just HOW outmatched he is. How hilarious is that?

For the record, I have never been convinced that Bill Clinton was involved in Epstein's shady sexual shenanigans. We all know his history of being a horn dog and a skirt chaser, but I'm not aware of any evidence that he chased any skirts that were worn by underage girls. Comer and his ilk may think, or at least hope, differently, OR they may just be leaping at what they see as a chance to intimidate and embarrass two people their party has had it in for since the 1990s. Either way, they haven't just brought a knife to a gunfight. They've challenged the Clintons to a duel with the weapons being an antique musket and a state of the art assault rifle. (I'll leave it to the reader to figure out which side is using which weapon. )

[hamsterjill]

22. Agree completely

I've said many times on DU that I believe Bill enjoys flattery and has (obviously) acted on it. That's between him and Hillary. But I have never thought of him as being some kind of pervert, deviant sexual predator like I completely believe Donald Trump to be.

[Blue_Roses]

14. Woop! Woop!

Now this is what I'm talking about...

[ShazzieB]

19. Thanks for sharing this letter.

To anyone who hasn't gone to the link and read the whole thing, I highly recommend it, because it's so, so good. They ripped Comey a whole bunch of new ones in the most icily polite manner imaginable. I am in awe of just how well written the letter is.

I'm sure the Clintons have good lawyers who helped with this, but their own brilliant legal minds are all over it as well. Hats off to Bill, Hillary, and anyone else involved, for standing up to Comer and his craven Republican cohorts!

[Rob H.]

20. Meanwhile, after Jim Jordan was subpoenaed in the January 6th hearings

he defied that subpoena for more than 600 days and faced zero consequences for doing so. Never forget.

[Fil1957]

21. This opinion is probably going to be very unpopular on this site, but I think they should testify. They were subpoenaed

and by law are required to do so. Just because the other side routinely violates it doesn't mean we should follow their example.

And the right wing media sphere will never let the public hear the end of this, I can hear "Crooked HIliary and Bill" all over again. And the conspiracy theories regarding the Clintons will go into high gear.

The only hope for a return to a lawful society is for at least one side to observe it. Once our side starts violating it, the rule of law is over folks, and it ain't coming back.

The Clinton's are making a huge mistake, which is going to damage our country.

[hueymahl]

23. I agree

[onenote]

24. They are being set up and no lawyer would allow them to go along with it

It would be one thing if the subpoena required Clinton to turn over any material he has referencing Epstein and then was questioned about it. He would have had the opportunity to review those materials.

I have every reason to believe Jordan has access to Epstein-related material that references Clinton but that Clinton may never have seen or saw many years ago. Jordan is looking for "gotcha" moments by questioning Clinton on such documents. No way. As Clinton says --- put it all out there and then, and only then, have a hearing where Clinton can be asked about those documents.

[Fil1957]

26. I agree that the subpoena is based on B.S., but it is still the law of the land, and we cannot expect the other side to

appear when they're subpoenaed in the future.

To make matters worse, this isn't going to go away. Far from it. There will be a vote in the house on contempt charges. Then the DOJ will be asked to make arrests and guess what they'll do? Merrick Garland doesn't work there anymore. All this takes time.

So the media, instead of covering the Trump-Epstein connection will be covering the Clinton-Epstein connection.

They should appear, testify, suffer some embarrassment, take the hit and move on. Now they're going to be the center of attention for months with possible arrest at the end.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

25. If you'd gone to the link and read the entire letter...

…you would have read:

A legal analysis prepared by two law firms and provided to you yesterday makes clear your subpoenas are legally invalid

Bill and Hillary are both knowledgeable and savvy enough not to be drawn into the idiot games this republican congress clown show plays. They both support rule of law and to claim they should allow themselves to be used as a distraction is laughable.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!

[ShazzieB]

34. Yes!

Make no mistake, the Clintons know EXACTLY what they are doing.

I wonder if any of those saying they should testify have read the whole letter. It lays the whole thing out very clearly imo.

[W_HAMILTON]

31. As well as it should be. The Clintons are in under no legal obligation to jump through Republican hoops.

And their response lays out why.

Fuck Republicans.

[EuterpeThelo]

33. Disagreed.

Gym Jordan and his ilk broke it, so they bought it. We have GOT to stop bringing a casserole to a nucyular war. Time to fight fire with fire.

(This is coming from someone who has worked in the field of law for nearly 30 years and has the utmost respect for it as a noble concept.)

[Stargazer99]

45. So the Clintons should follow the law well what about the dude that defied the law and did not show up

with no law applied to him...you are right your opinion makes me question who you are..a plant? What is this? I can do it but you can,t?.

[Fil1957]

47. I have a right to my opinion. Just because I disagree with you does not make me a plant. Just because Maga will not obey

congressional subpoenas does not mean we should do the same. I agree that the subpeona was issued for dubious reasons, but a subpoena is a subpeona.

If we truly believe in the rule of law, we don't get to pick and choose which laws we will obey and which ones we ignore. That's what Maga Republicans do.

[BannonsLiver]

49. I'm wondering why anyone would give a fuck about what the "right wing media sphere" thinks.

[Fil1957]

52. I care what they do because it affects all of us. Their actions have managed to put a dictator in power and have moved

this country toward an authoritarian state where masked thugs are breaking down doors, snatching and killing people on the streets.

We need to pay attention to what they are doing, and not give them any fuel for their propaganda machine.

[BannonsLiver]

53. You think if we're more conciliatory and don't get out of line that'll sway them?

They’ll play nicer and won’t do mean stuff if we don’t give them fuel?

[Fil1957]

54. Of course not! To be aware of the power of right wing media and to try to undermine that power has nothing to to do

with being "conciliatory".

[choie]

27. I gotta give it President. and Mrs. Clinton

they wrote a kick ass letter. Would that other current elected officials do the same.

[Seinan Sensei]

29. Dear Chairman Comer

Please proceed

[Cha]

30. Mahalo, Bill & Hillary Clinton!

TY

[Evolve Dammit]

35. Good response

[Bluetus]

37. It would have been much more powerful to have said ...

"We will both gladly come to testify before your committee in public session under oath for as many hours as you desire, just as soon as the DoJ fully complies with the law to produce the entire Epstein file, without any redactions, other than are specifically addressed in that law. We look forward to scheduling this session just as soon as DoJ fully complies with the law."

Of course, DoJ will never comply, so there is no risk of such an offer, and that would have given the Clintons the framing advantage.

[Smackdown2019]

41. Put yourself in someone shoes

Why would a private citizen be pull into a public hearing over something that happened over 20 years, especially when they are in their late 70s? All they could say, my memory isn't good anymore, my age... Trump is a prime example, he could recall some things and you want to know what I did on the airplane rides while under guard????

[Skittles]

43. playing hardball

LOVE IT!!!

[rampartd]

44. dumbfuckery. i get their answer, but

the clintons need to swear in, publicly, under oath, and tell everything they know including everything they know about trump .

if they do not testify comer comes up with some whine that their testimony is essential and no more records can be released.

hey comer. call sascha riley to testify.

[ChazInAz]

46. Bravo, Big Dawg!

I believe that I detect a slight bit of exasperation in his tone.

[vapor2]

48. MOFO Jim Jordan never testified when he had a subpoena

[LetMyPeopleVote]

50. President Bill Clinton and Secretary Hillary Clinton's letter to Comer is a MUST READ!!!

Here is a NYT gift link to this letter

Link to tweet

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/13/us/clinton-letter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EVA.LKBt.klEkMgyP1g9m&smid=url-share

[Jilly_in_VA]

51. They're being set up

by a RepubliKKKan-run committee, just like Clinton was at his impeachment. They would be wise to wait until after the 2026 elections, or not do it at all.