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华盛顿— 前国务卿希拉里·克林顿将于周四在纽约与众议院监督委员会会面，她已同意就性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦相关问题宣誓作证，以避免被国会以藐视法庭罪起诉。
希拉里·克林顿及其丈夫、前总统比尔·克林顿在与共和党主导的委员会经过长时间沟通后，同意闭门作证。此前，委员会以两党投票方式建议以刑事藐视国会罪起诉两人，因其未应传票出庭。众议院当时正准备进行全院投票，该投票在两党支持下本将通过，此时克林顿夫妇才同意委员会要求的当面质询。这一态度转变标志着委员会共和党主席、肯塔基州众议员詹姆斯·科默取得了胜利。
科默拒绝了克林顿夫妇公开作证的请求，但表示在闭门证词后可能会举行公开听证会。
比尔·克林顿的证词安排在周五。
据委员会一名助手透露，至少有10名共和党议员预计将出席在纽约查帕奎的证词陈述。据知情人士透露，预计将有9名民主党议员出席。
两人均未被指控有不当行为，且均呼吁全面公开爱泼斯坦相关文件。
希拉里·克林顿在上周接受英国广播公司（BBC）采访时指责科默坚持要求当面作证，目的是转移对特朗普总统与爱泼斯坦关系及其政府处理相关文件的关注。
“我对他们在隐瞒什么以及在保护谁有强烈看法，”她说，“他们为什么想把我们拖进这件事？是为了转移对特朗普总统的注意力。这并不复杂。”
特朗普先生否认与爱泼斯坦有任何不当关联。
在1月13日提交给委员会的宣誓声明中，希拉里·克林顿否认对爱泼斯坦及其同谋吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦的犯罪行为有“个人知情”。她还表示，在其二十年的公职生涯及作为普通公民期间，“从未对司法部调查和起诉爱泼斯坦及麦克斯韦负有任何责任或参与其中”。
“我不记得见过爱泼斯坦先生，也不记得与他有任何具体互动，”她在声明中补充道，称麦克斯韦与“一位共同朋友有私人关系”，但她“不记得与她互动的具体细节”。
在BBC采访中，希拉里·克林顿表示，她通过克林顿基金会“几次”见到了因性交易罪名正在服刑的麦克斯韦。
科默在周一的声明中称，克林顿夫妇的证词“对于了解爱泼斯坦和麦克斯韦的性交易网络，以及他们如何试图讨好和施加影响以逃避审查至关重要”。
委员会民主党最高成员、加利福尼亚州众议员罗伯特·加西亚表示，他想了解更多关于爱泼斯坦与外国政府关系的信息。
“有大量证据指向杰弗里·爱泼斯坦与外国政府存在关联，我认为这些都是我当然会提出的问题，”加西亚周一告诉记者。
尼古拉·基利昂和艾伦·海伊对本报道有贡献。
Hillary Clinton to appear for Epstein deposition before House committee today
February 26, 2026 / 6:02 AM EST / CBS News
Washington— Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to meet with the House Oversight Committee on Thursday in New York after she agreed to answer questions under oath related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to fend off a contempt of Congress vote.
Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, agreed to testify behind closed doors after a lengthy back-and-forth with the Republican-led panel culminated in a bipartisan vote to recommend that both be held in criminal contempt of Congress for failing to appear under subpoena. The House was on the verge of a floor vote, which was poised to pass with bipartisan support, when the Clintons relented to the committee’s demands for in-person questioning. The about-face marked a victory for Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the committee’s Republican chairman.
Comer denied the Clintons’ requests to hold the questioning in public, but has indicated a public hearing is a possibility after the closed-door depositions.
Bill Clinton’s deposition is scheduled for Friday.
At least 10 Republican members are expected to attend the depositions in Chappaqua, New York, according to a committee aide. Nine Democrats are expected to attend, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Neither Clinton has been accused of wrongdoing and both have called for the full release of the Epstein files.
In an interview with the BBC last week, Hillary Clinton accused Comer of holding firm on the in-person depositions to shift focus away from President Trump’s relationship with Epstein and his administration’s handling of the files.
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“I have very strong opinions about what it is they’re hiding and who they are protecting,” she said. “Why do they want to pull us into this? To divert attention from President Trump. This is not complicated.”
Mr. Trump has denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein.
In a sworn declaration submitted to the committee on Jan. 13, Hillary Clinton denied any “personal knowledge” of crimes committed by Epstein or his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. She also said she “never had any responsibility for or involvement with” the Justice Department’s investigations into and prosecutions of Epstein and Maxwell during her two decades in public office or as a private citizen.
“I do not recall encountering Mr. Epstein, or any specific interactions with him,” she said in her declaration, adding that Maxwell had a “personal relationship with a mutual friend,” though she does “not recall the specifics of my interactions with her.”
In the BBC interview, Hillary Clinton said she met Maxwell, who is serving a prison sentence on sex trafficking charges, “on a few occasions” through the Clinton Foundation.
Comer said in a statement Monday that the Clintons’ testimony “is critical to understanding Epstein and Maxwell’s sex trafficking network and the ways they sought to curry favor and influence to shield themselves from scrutiny.”
Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the committee, said he wants to know more about Epstein’s involvement with foreign governments.
“There’s a lot of evidence that points in a certain direction around Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement with foreign governments. I think those are questions that I certainly have and that I’ll be asking,” Garcia told reporters Monday.
Nikole Killion and Alan He contributed to this report.
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