High-Profile Legal Probes

The House Oversight Committee voted to advance contempt-of-Congress recommendations against Bill and Hillary Clinton after both declined to appear for closed‑door depositions in its Jeffrey Epstein inquiry, approving the Bill Clinton measure 34–8 (two present) and the Hillary Clinton measure 28–15 (one present), with several Democrats joining Republicans. The Clintons’ lawyers have called the subpoenas legally invalid and offered written declarations and limited interview alternatives that the committee rejected; Republicans say the resolutions will go to the full House and could be referred to DOJ for possible criminal prosecution.