The American people watched yet another brazen dodge from Washington’s gilded class when former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declined to appear for in-person depositions in the House Oversight Committee’s probe into Jeffrey Epstein, prompting Chairman James Comer to move toward contempt proceedings. This was not a misunderstanding or a schedule snafu — the committee set dates and the Clintons chose to sit this one out, leaving accountability dangling.
Instead of showing up, the Clintons’ lawyers sent a letter calling the subpoenas “invalid and legally unenforceable,” accusing Republicans of political theater and claiming they’d already provided sworn statements. That argument is thin comfort to victims and to any patriot who believes no one should be above the law simply because they can buy better attorneys.
Chairman Comer and his team didn’t manufacture these dates on a whim; the committee documented a months-long process of negotiations, rescheduling, and accommodation before setting the January deposition dates the Clintons ignored. Republicans are not seeking headlines so much as documents and answers about a monstrous criminal enterprise and how the federal system handled it.
On Fox’s Gutfeld! this week, Greg Gutfeld and the panel mercilessly ripped into the Clintons’ defense, calling the letter what it is — a desperate spin job thinly veiled as legal reasoning. Conservatives should appreciate the cultural role of shows that refuse to treat politico-speak as sacrosanct; when the elite spin, we mock, and when they obstruct, we press for real consequences.
There are real reasons the public is furious: photos, flight logs, and pages of documents released under the Epstein Files have shown connections between Epstein and powerful figures that demand scrutiny, not platitudes and excuses. If the Clintons truly have nothing to hide, then they should face questions openly like everyone else and stop leaning on status and litigation to dodge public accountability.
Now Republicans in the Oversight Committee are doing their job and moving toward contempt votes — a rare but necessary check when subpoenas are treated like suggestions by the powerful. Patriots who care about the rule of law should stand with lawmakers who enforce it, not with insiders who hope prestige will shield them from scrutiny.
This moment is bigger than partisan scorekeeping; it’s about whether our institutions still mean anything when the connected can refuse testimony and move on with their lives. America deserves transparency, not protected privilege, and every citizen who loves this country should demand the same accountability for the famous as for the forgotten.
