- 作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德（Elizabeth Elkind）
- 来源：福克斯新闻（Fox News）
- 发布时间：2026年2月20日 美国东部时间上午9:23
- 原文链接：https://www.foxnews.com/html-sitemap/2026/february/20
福克斯新闻数字版独家获悉，前总统比尔·克林顿（Bill Clinton）和前国务卿希拉里·克林顿（Hillary Clinton）将于下周在其家乡而非华盛顿特区接受众议院监督委员会的讯问。
克林顿夫妇将应委员会要求，就杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）相关调查事项宣誓作证。希拉里·克林顿的讯问定于2月26日进行，比尔·克林顿则将于2月27日与国会工作人员及议员会面。
众议院监督委员会发言人向福克斯新闻数字版表示：“为配合克林顿夫妇的日程安排，此次讯问将于2月26日和27日在纽约州查帕奎（Chappaqua, New York）举行。讯问程序符合众议院及委员会的相关规定。”
这对前第一夫妇于1999年在纽约市北部的查帕奎购置了房产，自离开白宫后，这里一直是他们的主要居所。
图片：比尔和希拉里·克林顿出席特朗普总统的第二次就职典礼
（梅利娜·马拉/摄影组/盖蒂图片社）
比尔和希拉里·克林顿在2025年1月唐纳德·特朗普总统就职典礼上的照片显示，他们正受到众议院共和党人的关注。
此前数月，克林顿夫妇与委员会共和党人就闭门会议的各项条款进行了多轮沟通。
肯塔基州共和党众议员、众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默（James Comer）周四晚间向福克斯新闻数字版表示：“克林顿夫妇的证词对于了解爱泼斯坦和吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦（Ghislaine Maxwell）的人口贩卖网络，以及他们如何寻求讨好和影响以逃避审查至关重要。”“他们的证词也可能为国会加强法律打击人口贩卖提供参考。我们调查的目标很明确：为美国民众和受害者寻求透明和问责。”
上月，在克林顿夫妇的律师称科默的传票在法律上无效且违反权力分离原则后，众议院共和党人曾险些推进对两人的国会藐视罪投票。
民主党人称克林顿夫妇同意作证削弱了传票效力，不会带来爱泼斯坦案的新答案
尽管部分民主党人认同这一举措，但多数民主党人指责科默出于政治动机迫害克林顿夫妇。
图片：科默在吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦讯问后向媒体发表讲话
（J. Scott Applewhite/美联社照片）
2026年2月9日，众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默在华盛顿特区国会大厦与性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的前女友兼密友吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦进行闭门讯问后向记者发表讲话。
若投票成功，两人将被移交司法部（DOJ）起诉。国会藐视罪罪名成立最高可判处一年监禁，罚款最高10万美元。
但在预期投票前几天，克林顿夫妇的法律顾问告知科默，他们同意作证。
然而，自那以后，克林顿夫妇双方都发起了公开施压运动，要求举行公开听证会，而非闭门转录和录音的讯问。
比尔·克林顿本月在社交平台X上表示：“我呼吁全面公开爱泼斯坦案文件。我已提供了我所知道的宣誓证词。就在本周，我同意亲自前往委员会作证。但这对众议院监督委员会的共和党人来说仍然不够。”“科默主席现在说他想要摄像头，但仅限于闭门会议。这种安排对谁有利？这既不是为了爱泼斯坦的受害者，他们理应得到正义；也不是为了公众，他们理应了解真相。这纯粹是党派利益的驱使。这不是事实调查，而是纯粹的政治操弄。”
科默表示，公开听证会并非不可能，但需在闭门讯问之后进行。
在联邦针对爱泼斯坦的案件首次出现之前，比尔·克林顿就与爱泼斯坦关系密切，并且在司法部公布的爱泼斯坦相关文件中也有其出现的记录。但目前没有证据表明他或希拉里·克林顿涉及任何不当行为。
克林顿夫妇是委员会两党共同发起的爱泼斯坦调查中，收到传票要求提供信息的十余人及机构之一。
委员会前往外地进行讯问也并非没有先例。本周三，委员会工作人员和部分议员前往俄亥俄州，讯问了前维多利亚的秘密（Victoria’s Secret）首席执行官莱斯利·韦克斯纳（Leslie Wexner）。韦克斯纳是爱泼斯坦金融咨询公司的前客户，在司法部公布的数千份与已故恋童癖者相关文件中多次被提及。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字版的政治记者，负责众议院相关报道。此前曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）发表过数字媒体文章。
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Published February 20, 2026 9:23am EST
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be deposed by the House Oversight Committee in their hometown instead of in Washington, D.C. next week, Fox News Digital has learned.
The Clintons are testifying under oath for the committee’s probe into Jeffrey Epstein. Hillary Clinton’s deposition is scheduled for Feb. 26 while Bill Clinton will sit down with congressional staff and lawmakers on Feb. 27.
“The Clintons’ depositions will be held in Chappaqua, New Yorkon February 26 and 27 as an accommodation for their schedules. The depositions are in accordance with House and Committee rules,” a spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee told Fox News Digital.
The former first couple purchased their home in Chappaqua, just north of New York City, in 1999, and it has been their main residence since leaving the White House.
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Image: Bill and Hillary Clinton at President Trump’s second inauguration
Bill and Hillary Clinton, seen during President Donald Trump’s January 2025 inauguration, are being targeted by House Republicans.(Melina Mara/Pool/Getty Images)
Their depositions will come after months of back-and-forth with committee Republicans about various terms for the closed-door meetings.
“The Clintons’ testimony is critical to understanding Epstein and [Ghislaine Maxwell’s] sex trafficking network and the ways they sought to curry favor and influence to shield themselves from scrutiny,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told Fox News Digital on Thursday evening. “Their testimony may also inform how Congress can strengthen laws to better combat human trafficking.Our goal for this investigation is straightforward: we seek to deliver transparency and accountability for the American people and for survivors.”
House Republicans nearly moved forward with a vote on holding them both in contempt of Congress last month after the Clintons’ lawyers ripped Comer’s subpoenas as legally invalid and a breach of separation of powers.
While some Democrats agreed with the move, the majority of them accused Comer of persecuting the Clintons on political grounds.
Image: Comer addresses the press after Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after a closed-door deposition with Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and confidante of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9, 2026.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
If the votes were successful, they would both have been referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution. A guilty verdict for contempt of Congress carries up to one year in jail and a maximum fine of $100,000.
But days before the expected vote, the Clintons’ counsel told Comer they would agree to testify.
In the days since, however, both Clintons have waged a public pressure campaign demanding they get public hearings instead of a closed-door transcribed and taped interview.
“I have called for the full release of the Epstein files. I have provided a sworn statement of what I know. And just this week, I’ve agreed to appear in person before the committee. But it’s still not enough for Republicans on the House Oversight Committee,” Bill Clinton posted on X this month.
“Now, Chairman Comer says he wants cameras, but only behind closed doors. Who benefits from this arrangement? It’s not Epstein’s victims, who deserve justice. Not the public, who deserve the truth. It serves only partisan interests. This is not fact-finding, it’s pure politics.”
Image: Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein
Former President Bill Clinton was seen in photos with Jeffrey Epstein as part of a DOJ Epstein files release on Friday, Dec. 19. He has not been implicated in any wrongdoing.(Department of Justice)
Comer has said that public hearings are not out of the question, but not before depositions behind closed doors.
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Bill Clinton was known to be friendly with Epstein long before the federal case against him first emerged and has appeared in documents on the late pedophile released by the DOJ. But neither he nor Hillary Clinton are implicated in any wrongdoing.
The Clintons are two of over a dozen people and entities who have been subpoenaed for information in the committee’s bipartisan Epstein probe.
It’s not unprecedented for the committee to travel for depositions, either. Committee staff and some lawmakers were in Ohio on Wednesday to depose former Victoria’s Secret CEO Leslie Wexner, a former client of Epstein’s financial advisory firm who was named in documents released by the DOJ about the late pedophile thousands of times.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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