This week, House Oversight Chairman James Comer announced he will move to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress after Clinton failed to appear for a scheduled deposition in the Jeffrey Epstein probe, a brazen refusal that cannot be waved away by status or celebrity. For hardworking Americans who believe in equal treatment under the law, watching elite privilege dodge basic accountability is infuriating and unacceptable. The American people deserve answers — not legal evasions wrapped in political theater.
The Clintons’ legal team sent an eight-page letter to Comer declaring the subpoenas “invalid and legally unenforceable,” opting to submit written statements instead of testifying in person and openly challenging the committee’s authority. That posture reads less like confidence in innocence and more like the familiar playbook of delay and deflection from a Washington dynasty used to operating above consequences. If the rule of law means anything, no one gets to pick and choose when Congress can ask questions into matters of national concern.
Comer has moved decisively — setting January 13 and 14, 2026 as the deposition dates and warning that the committee will immediately press contempt proceedings if those dates are ignored — and the ball then goes to the Department of Justice to decide whether to prosecute. This is not showmanship; it is a constitutional mechanism for enforcing subpoenas, the same tool used against others when they failed to comply. If DOJ declines to act, it will reveal whether our justice system treats the powerful differently than the rest of us.
The probe into Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell has peeled back uncomfortable details about how a predator moved among elites, and recent unsealed files have intensified questions about who knew what and when. Americans are right to be suspicious when powerful people repeatedly dodge direct, sworn questioning while claiming transparency. We are owed more than carefully crafted public statements and photo ops — we are owed truth.
So far only a handful of witnesses have cooperated in person, with former officials like Bill Barr and Alex Acosta showing up while others have ducked their subpoenas, reinforcing the perception of selective accountability that conservatives have warned about for years. Republicans pushing this inquiry are demanding equal treatment and transparency, not a partisan witch hunt, and the public will judge whether Democrats embrace accountability or cling to double standards. The Clintons’ refusal should alarm anyone who cares about fairness, not comfort the allies of privilege.
This moment is a test of institutions: will Congress enforce its lawful subpoenas, and will the Justice Department follow the evidence rather than influence? Patriotic Americans should insist on robust, impartial enforcement of the law — no celebrity carve-outs, no elite immunity, and no shortcuts. If we truly believe in liberty and justice for all, then today’s protests of privilege must become tomorrow’s precedents for accountability.
