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华盛顿 — 比尔·克林顿和希拉里·克林顿同意就众议院监督委员会对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的调查作证，此前众议院预计将于本周晚些时候就对两人提起藐视国会诉讼进行投票。
克林顿夫妇的法律团队在周一发给委员会的电子邮件中表示，前总统和前国务卿“接受您信件中的条款，并将在双方商定的日期进行证词陈述”。
“正如委员会惯例，请确认众议院不会推进藐视国会程序，正如主席在其今日上午的信件中所述，”该电子邮件中写道，该邮件已被哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获取。
肯塔基州共和党众议员、监督小组主席詹姆斯·科默在周一晚间的声明中表示：“克林顿夫妇的法律顾问称他们同意条款，但这些条款再次缺乏明确性，且他们未提供证词陈述的日期。他们表示同意条款的唯一原因是众议院已推进藐视国会程序。我将明确他们同意的条款，然后与委员会成员讨论下一步行动。”
众议院监督委员会去年传唤了克林顿夫妇，但两人称传票在法律上无效，并拒绝出庭，该委员会正在调查司法部对爱泼斯坦的调查。委员会随后在1月份建议对克林顿夫妇处以藐视国会罪。
两项藐视国会决议均在众议院监督委员会以两党支持的方式通过，尽管更多民主党人支持与比尔·克林顿相关的决议，他已承认与爱泼斯坦有过接触。
克林顿夫妇在爱泼斯坦案中均未被指控任何不当行为。
为避免国会藐视投票，克林顿夫妇的律师在1月31日给委员会的信中表示，前总统将同意在纽约市进行四小时的转录采访，且采访“仅限于与爱泼斯坦调查和起诉相关的事项”。前国务卿将提供另一份宣誓声明以回答委员会仍有的任何问题，律师们表示。如果委员会仍要求她亲自作证，她的出现应遵循与丈夫证词相同的条款。
克林顿夫妇的法律团队要求，如果条件达成一致，传票和藐视国会决议应被撤回。
科默在周一早些时候的回信中表示，该小组对这一提议“存在严重关切”。
科默辩称，比尔·克林顿证词的提议范围过于有限，“将导致您的当事人回答的问题很少”。其他要求“不合理”且“不充分”，科默表示。他说，希拉里·克林顿宣誓声明或出庭的条款也不可接受。
克林顿夫妇同意的消息首先由弗吉尼亚州民主党众议员詹姆斯·沃金肖在周一晚间的众议院规则委员会会议上透露，该会议预计将推进藐视国会决议并为未来几天的全院投票做准备。
“我理解克林顿夫妇同意出庭作证，并同意您在最新信件中提出的条款，”沃金肖在两人出席委员会时告诉科默。
科默表示他尚未得知该消息。据委员会助手称，在科默作证期间，克林顿夫妇的律师已向委员会发送了该提议。
科默离开众议院规则委员会（该委员会周一短暂休会以进行全院投票），质疑克林顿夫妇的协议。
“这不是一个提议。他们给我们发了短信，说接受我们的提议。这不是一个提议，”他告诉记者。“他们接受了什么？……他们说他们会接受我的提议。我们提出了一个提议，而我拒绝了他们的提议。”
加利福尼亚州众议员、众议院监督委员会最高民主党人罗伯特·加西亚表示，克林顿夫妇现在已接受共和党人关于证词条款的“每一项要求”，并敦促科默回应他们出庭的日期。
“我们现在将查明科默主席是否真的想听克林顿夫妇的证词，或者这是否是唐纳德·特朗普发起的政治党派性政治迫害，”加西亚周一晚间告诉记者。
北卡罗来纳州共和党众议员、众议院规则委员会主席弗吉尼亚·福克斯在周一晚间晚些时候表示，该小组将推迟对藐视国会决议的进一步审议，直到与克林顿夫妇澄清“他们实际同意的内容”。
“然而，如果今晚没有实质性的遵守和协议，委员会将重新开始就藐视国会问题举行听证会，”她说。
众议院监督委员会于8月份传唤了克林顿夫妇以及追溯至乔治·W·布什政府的前司法部官员。此后，只有在特朗普总统第一任期内担任司法部长的比尔·巴尔向委员会提供了闭门证词，而该小组接受了其他人的书面陈述。
科默表示，委员会接受其他前官员的书面陈述是因为他们“既未与爱泼斯坦或其同伙吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦合影，也没有证据表明他们直接参与了调查”。
克林顿夫妇指责科默对他们区别对待，试图羞辱他们并惩罚特朗普先生的政治对手。
司法部上周发布了大量爱泼斯坦相关文件，其中提到了包括比尔·克林顿和特朗普先生在内的许多知名人物。
特朗普先生在爱泼斯坦案中也未被指控任何不当行为。
尼科尔·基利恩和贾拉·布朗对本报道有贡献。
Clintons agree to testify to House Oversight Committee ahead of expected contempt vote
February 2, 2026 / 9:19 PM EST / CBS News
Washington — Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to testify in the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, ahead of expected votes in the House later this week on holding the pair in contempt of Congress.
In an email to the committee on Monday, the Clintons’ legal team said the former president and former secretary of state “accept the terms of your letter and will appear for depositions on mutually agreeable dates.”
“As has been the Committee’s practice, please confirm the House will not move forward with contempt proceedings, as the Chairman stated in his letter this morning,” said the email, which was obtained by CBS News.
Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, who chairs the oversight panel, said in a statement late Monday: “The Clintons’ counsel has said they agree to terms, but those terms lack clarity yet again and they have provided no dates for their depositions. The only reason they have said they agree to terms is because the House has moved forward with contempt. I will clarify the terms they are agreeing to and then discuss next steps with my committee members.”
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Clintons last year, but the pair called the subpoenas legally invalid and refused to appear before the panel, which is probing the Justice Department’s investigations into Epstein. The committee then recommended holding the Clintons in contempt in January.
Both contempt resolutions advanced out of the House Oversight Committee with bipartisan support, though more Democrats supported the one related to Bill Clinton, who has acknowledged previous interactions with Epstein.
Neither Clinton has been accused of any wrongdoing in the Epstein case.
In an effort to avoid the contempt of Congress votes, lawyers for the Clintons said in a Jan. 31 letter to the committee that the former president would agree to sit for a four-hour transcribed interview if it takes place in New York City and is “confined to matters related to the investigations and prosecutions” of Epstein. The former secretary of state would offer another sworn declaration to answer any questions the committee still has, the lawyers said. If the committee still requires her in-person testimony, her appearance should follow the same terms as her husband’s testimony, they said.
The Clintons’ legal team asked that the subpoenas and contempt resolutions be withdrawn if the conditions were agreed to.
Responding in a letter earlier Monday, Comer said the panel has “serious concerns” about the offer.
Comer argued the proposed scope of Bill Clinton’s testimony was too limited and “would result in your client answering few questions.” The other demands were “not reasonable” and “insufficient,” Comer said. Comer said the terms proposed for Hillary Clinton’s sworn declaration or appearance were also unacceptable.
The news of the Clintons’ offer was first delivered by Democratic Rep. James Walkinshaw of Virginia during Monday night’s House Rules Committee meeting, which was expected to advance the contempt resolutions and tee them up for floor votes in the coming days.
“I understand that the Clintons have agreed to appear for depositions and have agreed to the terms that you laid out in your most recent letter,” Walkinshaw told Comer as they both appeared before the committee.
Comer said he was unaware of the news. The Clintons’ attorney had emailed the committee with the offer while Comer was testifying, according to a committee aide.
Comer left the House Rules Committee, which briefly recessed for floor votes Monday, questioning the Clintons’ agreement.
“There is no offer. They texted us and said they accept our offer. There is no offer,” he told reporters. “What do they accept? … They said they would accept my offer. They sent an offer, and I rejected their offer.”
Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said the Clintons have now accepted “every single request” from Republicans on the terms of their testimony and urged Comer to respond with dates for their appearance.
“We’re going to find out right now if Chairman Comer actually wants to hear from the Clintons, or this is all a political, partisan witch hunt by Donald Trump,” Garcia told reporters Monday night.
GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, the chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, said later Monday night that the panel would postpone further consideration of the contempt resolutions until it’s clarified “with the Clintons what they are actually agreeing to.”
“However, should there not be substantial compliance and agreement overnight, the committee will return to continue the hearing on the contempt,” she said.
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Clintons in August, along with former Justice Department officials dating back to George W. Bush’s administration. Since then, only Bill Barr, who served as attorney general during President Trump’s first term, has provided closed-door testimony to the committee, while the panel has accepted written statements from the others.
Comer has said the committee accepted statements from other former officials because they weren’t photographed with Epstein or his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, “nor is there any evidence that they were directly involved in the investigation.”
The Clintons have accused Comer of treating them differently than other officials in an attempt to embarrass them and punish Mr. Trump’s political rivals.
The Justice Department released a massive trove of Epstein files last week that include mentions of a number of notable figures, including Bill Clinton and Mr. Trump.
Mr. Trump has also not been accused of any wrongdoing as it relates to the Epstein case.
Nikole Killion and Jaala Brown contributed to this report.
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