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前总统比尔·克林顿应传票在众议院监督委员会作证，这是该委员会对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦调查的一部分
大多数国会先例源于国会山。
大多数总统先例来自宾夕法尼亚大道1600号（白宫）。
但一个可能在国会大厦和白宫回荡多年的先例，近日在白雪覆盖、林木茂密的纽约州查帕奎克村成为现实。
正是在那里，前总统比尔·克林顿应传票向众议院监督委员会作证，该委员会正在调查杰弗里·爱泼斯坦。议员们表示，该小组强制传唤前总统作证的能力可能会确立一个新的先例，未来（包括涉及特朗普总统和爱泼斯坦档案的事项）都将适用。
据国会历史学家称，国会委员会从未传讯过前总统。前第一夫人、前国务卿希拉里·克林顿在前一天作证就已十分罕见。共和党人指出，前总统克林顿此前曾承认认识爱泼斯坦，并搭乘过包括他在内的航班。
希拉里·克林顿在闭门作证近6小时后表示：”我不记得曾见过爱泼斯坦先生。我从未乘坐过他的飞机，也从未访问过他的岛屿、住所或办公室。”
众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默（R-肯塔基州）表示，希拉里·克林顿在次日比尔·克林顿作证前的证词中，”‘你得去问我丈夫’这句话说了不下十几次”。
目前没有针对克林顿夫妇任何一人与爱泼斯坦相关的不当行为指控。但前总统过去与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的联系引发了议员们的质疑。
记者观察：邦迪的”活页夹策略”将众议院听证会变成政治风暴
科默称：”让位高权重的人来接受这种讯问非常困难。我们花了七个月才让克林顿夫妇来这里，但现在他们来了。”
“这里”指的是查帕奎克，位于纽约市以北约一小时车程处。克林顿夫妇自2001年克林顿总统卸任后，以及希拉里·克林顿2000年竞选纽约州参议员时起就居住在查帕奎克。希拉里·克林顿2001年至2009年担任纽约州参议员，之后成为奥巴马总统的第一任国务卿。
更具体地说，克林顿夫妇作证的”这里”并非雷伯恩众议院办公楼里平淡无奇的办公室。众议院议员在查帕奎克表演艺术中心（当地人称之为”查帕克表演艺术中心”，ChappPAC）对克林顿夫妇进行了讯问。这是一座白色建筑，带有简约的拱廊和希腊柱，坐落在萨米特河上方的山坡上。
爱泼斯坦调查十分严肃，而这个不同寻常的地点凸显了此次诉讼程序的特殊性。
共和党众议员劳伦·博伯特（R-科罗拉多州）在讯问期间似乎拍摄了希拉里·克林顿的照片，随后分享给了保守派媒体。
博伯特在会场外表示：”我很欣赏（希拉里·克林顿的）蓝色套装，所以想为大家拍下这一幕。”
记者问：”你为什么要发送这张照片？”
博伯特反驳道：”为什么不呢？”
亚利桑那州民主党众议员亚萨明·安萨里指责道：”我们正在经历一场极其不严肃的’小丑表演’式讯问，国会议员和共和党人更关心的是拍到克林顿国务卿的照片，而不是探寻真相和追究责任。”
比尔·克林顿在闭门爱泼斯坦证词中称不认识臭名昭著的水疗照片中的女性
希拉里·克林顿结束证词后告诉记者，她觉得这次证词的”结尾很不寻常，因为我开始被问及不明飞行物（UFO），以及一系列关于披萨门的问题——这是网络上传播的最恶毒、最虚假的阴谋论之一。”
这指的是2016年总统竞选期间希拉里·克林顿与特朗普总统之间出现的一个阴谋论。支持者错误地声称民主党人在华盛顿的”彗星乒乓”披萨店经营一个儿童性交易团伙。后来一名北卡罗来纳州男子开车前往华盛顿特区，在餐厅内开枪，称自己是来”营救儿童”的。
共和党众议员南希·梅斯（R-北卡罗来纳州）声称希拉里·克林顿在讯问中”对议员大喊大叫”。
梅斯说：”她精神失常了。我希望克林顿总统今天不会像他妻子昨天那样歇斯底里。”
佛罗里达州共和党众议员安娜·保利娜·卢娜在克林顿前总统作证90分钟后从查帕奎克表演艺术中心出来，推测爱泼斯坦及其性交易团伙背后可能有什么。卢娜指出，她仅代表自己发言，不代表委员会其他成员。
卢娜称：”即使在过去24小时的讯问中，也很明显杰弗里·爱泼斯坦在进行情报收集行动。我确实认为这是一个’蜜罐’（honey pot）行动。”
她补充说，有可能有美国情报盟友参与其中，但她没有提供这一说法的证据。
对克林顿夫妇商定的五个讯问重点之一是爱泼斯坦如何利用与权贵人物的关系掩盖罪行。这就是为什么比尔·克林顿和特朗普总统等人士在之前公布的与爱泼斯坦相关文件中出现的原因。
总统职位是独一无二的，就连特朗普总统也对克林顿接受监督委员会讯问表示了一定程度的同情。
特朗普总统说：”我不喜欢看到他被传讯，但他们肯定对我追查得更紧。”
周五被追问时，特朗普总统表示自己不熟悉爱泼斯坦档案。
特朗普总统称：”我对爱泼斯坦档案一无所知。我完全被无罪开释了。”
当被问及共和党人是否认同这一说法时，科默回应：”根据我看到的所有证据，他早就被无罪开释了。”
梅斯补充道：”爱泼斯坦的受害者已经为特朗普总统洗清了嫌疑。你们正在陷入一个你们的陷阱——一个你们不断深挖的兔子洞。但他已经被爱泼斯坦的受害者一次次证明无罪。”
但民主党人质疑为什么委员会传唤的是前总统克林顿而不是特朗普总统。
科默称：”有大量电子邮件往来包含克林顿总统。”
监督委员会最高民主党人、加利福尼亚州共和党众议员罗伯特·加西亚认为此举设定了一个更广泛的标准。
加西亚表示：”现在有了一个先例。我们希望特朗普总统也能在监督委员会面前宣誓作证。我们希望第一夫人（我们知道她也与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦有关系）也能在监督委员会面前宣誓作证。这就是共和党人想在这里树立的新先例。”
加西亚补充说，特朗普总统”尚未被无罪开释，我们对特朗普总统有严重疑问。”
弗吉尼亚州民主党众议员苏哈斯·苏布拉马尼亚姆认为委员会”找错了总统”。
目前还不清楚该小组是否会要求特朗普总统作证。民主党人表示，如果他们在秋季中期选举中获得众议院控制权，将考虑这样做。
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美国历史上有一些小社区在政治上产生了巨大影响。议员和法律观察人士表示，如果总统在国会作证变得更加普遍，查帕奎克现在可能会加入这个名单。
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Former President Bill Clinton deposed in Epstein probe in potential first for Congress
March 1, 2026 11:47pm EST | Updated March 2, 2026 5:38am EST | Fox News
Former President Bill Clinton testified under subpoena before the House Oversight Committee as part of its Jeffrey Epstein investigation
Most congressional precedents emanate from Capitol Hill.
Most presidential precedents emerge from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
But a precedent which may echo around the halls of Congress and the White House for years materialized in recent days in the snow-covered, wooded village of Chappaqua, New York.
That’s where former President Bill Clinton testified under subpoena to the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Lawmakers said the panel’s ability to compel testimony from a former president could establish a new precedent going forward — including in matters involving President Trump and the Epstein files.
According to congressional historians, never before has a congressional committee deposed a former president. It was rare enough to have former first lady and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testify the day before. Republicans noted that former President Clinton had previously acknowledged knowing Epstein and traveling on trips that included him.
“I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes or offices,” said Hillary Clinton after nearly six hours of closed-door testimony before the panel.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said Hillary Clinton declared “‘You’ll have to ask my husband,’” more than “a dozen” times during her deposition ahead of Bill Clinton’s the following day.
There are no accusations of wrongdoing against either of the Clintons in connection with Epstein. But the former president’s past ties to Jeffrey Epstein have spurred questions from lawmakers.
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“It’s very difficult to get people in for these depositions of great power and great wealth,” said Comer. “It took seven months, seven months to get the Clintons in here. But we’ve got them in here.”
“Here” was Chappaqua, about an hour north of New York City. The Clintons have resided in Chappaqua since President Clinton left office in 2001 and when Hillary Clinton ran for Senate from New York in 2000. Hillary Clinton served as a senator from New York from 2001 until 2009, when she became President Obama’s first secretary of state.
More specifically, the “here” for the Clintons’ testimony was not a bland office in the Rayburn House Office Building. House members questioned the Clintons at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, known locally as “ChappPAC,” a white structure with simple arcades and Greek columns atop a hillside above the Saw Mill River.
The Epstein inquiry is serious, and the unusual venue underscored the extraordinary nature of the proceeding.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., appeared to snap a photo of Hillary Clinton during the deposition, then shared it with conservative media outlets.
“I admire (Hillary Clinton’s) blue suit. So I wanted to capture that for everyone,” said Boebert outside the venue.
“Why did you send the picture?” asked a reporter.
“Why not?” retorted Boebert.
“We are sitting through an incredibly unserious, clown show of a deposition, where Members of Congress and the Republican Party are more concerned about getting their photo op of Secretary Clinton than actually getting to the truth and actually holding anyone accountable,” charged Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz.
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After concluding her testimony, Hillary Clinton told reporters she found the “end” of the deposition to be “quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate, one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet.”
That is a reference to a conspiracy theory that emerged during the 2016 presidential campaign between Hillary Clinton and President Trump. Proponents falsely claimed Democrats operated a child sex trafficking ring out of the Comet Ping Pong pizza shop in Washington. A North Carolina man later drove to Washington, D.C., and fired shots inside the restaurant, telling authorities he was there to rescue children.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-N.C., asserted that Hillary Clinton was “screaming” at lawmakers during the deposition.
“She was unhinged,” said Mace. “And I hope that President Clinton is less unhinged today than his wife was yesterday.”
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., emerged from the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center about 90 minutes into former President Clinton’s deposition to speculate about what may have been behind Epstein and his sex trafficking operation. Luna noted she was speaking only for herself and not other members of the committee.
“It has become very evident even in the last 24 hours in lines of questioning that Jeffrey Epstein was running an intelligence gathering operation,” said Luna. “I do believe it was a honey pot operation.”
Luna added that it was possible a U.S. intelligence ally was involved, though she provided no evidence for the claim.
One of the five agreed-upon areas of questioning for the Clintons was how Epstein used his connections with powerful figures to hide his crimes. That is why individuals such as former President Clinton and President Trump have surfaced in previously released Epstein-related documents.
The presidency is a unique office, and even President Trump expressed some sympathy for Bill Clinton’s appearance before the Oversight Committee.
“I don’t like seeing him deposed. But they certainly went after me a lot more than that,” said the president.
When pressed on Friday, President Trump said he was unfamiliar with the Epstein files.
“I don’t know anything about the Epstein files. I’ve been totally exonerated,” said President Trump.
Oversight Committee Republicans were asked whether they agreed with that claim.
“From all the evidence I’ve seen he’s been exonerated for a long time,” replied Comer.
“The Epstein victims have exonerated President Trump. This is a trope that you guys are — a rabbit hole you guys are going down. But he’s been exonerated over and over again by Epstein victims,” said Mace.
But Democrats questioned why the committee sought testimony from former President Clinton and not President Trump.
“There is a lot of email correspondence that included President Clinton,” said Comer.
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the Oversight panel, argued the move set a broader standard.
“There’s a precedent now,” said Garcia. “We now want President Trump to come in and to testify under oath in front of the Oversight Committee. We want the first lady, who we know had a relationship as well with Jeffrey Epstein, to come under oath and testify to the Oversight Committee. That is the new precedent that Republicans wanted to set here.”
Garcia added that President Trump “has not been exonerated, and we have serious questions for President Trump.”
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., argued that the committee spoke “to the wrong president.”
It is unclear whether the panel will seek testimony from President Trump. Democrats have indicated they would consider doing so if they gain control of the House in the fall midterm elections.
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Separation of powers is a key component of America’s constitutional system. Only a handful of presidents have ever testified before Congress — and none had previously been deposed as a former president.
The nation’s history includes small communities that have taken on outsized political significance. Lawmakers and legal observers say Chappaqua could now join that list if presidential testimony before Congress becomes more common.
Chad Pergram currently serves as Chief Congressional Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
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