Bill and Hillary Clinton to Testify Before US Congress Regarding Jeffrey Epstein
Former United States President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, are scheduled to testify before a committee of the United States (US) Congress. Both will testify regarding the sexual crimes case involving Jeffrey Epstein.
As reported by AFP on Thursday (26/2/2026), Hillary, the former US Secretary of State, will provide closed-door testimony today before the committee investigating the Epstein case and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
The following day, or precisely on Friday (27/2), it will be Bill Clinton’s turn to testify before the US Congress. Bill will provide information about his relationship with Epstein.
Initially, the Clinton family rejected the court summons ordering them to testify in the panel’s investigation. However, the Democratic political couple eventually agreed to do so after Republican members of the House of Representatives threatened to sue them for contempt of Congress.
The Democratic Party stated that this investigation is being used to attack political opponents of President Donald Trump. They highlighted Trump’s name appearing in Epstein’s files but he has not been summoned by Congress.
Trump and Bill Clinton are known to have prominently featured in a collection of government documents recently released regarding Epstein. Both stated that they had severed ties with the businessman before Epstein was convicted in 2008 in Florida for sexual crimes.
The Clinton family requested that their testimony be held in public, but the committee insisted on questioning them in private. This move was criticized by Bill Clinton as a “kangaroo court.”
Hillary Clinton said in an interview with the BBC last week that she and her husband have nothing to hide regarding Epstein.
The testimonies of Bill and Hillary will be held in Chappaqua, New York, where the Clinton family resides. Dozens of journalists have gathered in the small, wealthy town to cover this unprecedented hearing.
The Secret Service has set up metal barricades around the arts center where the testimony will take place, with the Clinton family expected to enter through a side door protected by a white tent.
Bill Clinton admitted to flying on Epstein’s plane several times in the early 2000s for humanitarian work related to the Clinton Foundation, but said he never visited Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean.