作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德 | 福克斯新闻 | 发布于2026年2月26日 美国东部时间上午6:00
前国务卿希拉里·克林顿定于周四上午晚些时候接受众议院监督委员会的证词询问，议员们继续调查联邦政府对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦案件的处理情况。
据福克斯新闻数字频道了解，证词询问预计将于美国东部时间上午11点在纽约州查帕奎举行。自1999年以来，克林顿夫妇在富裕的纽约市郊区拥有一处住宅，比尔·克林顿卸任总统后，他们主要居住在那里。
虽然闭门证词通常在大多数情况下只需要委员会工作人员在场，但一位熟悉计划的消息人士告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，肯塔基州共和党众议员、众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默将亲自到场。
消息人士称，委员会中至少有10名共和党议员也将出席。
希拉里·克林顿将于周四接受证词询问，比尔·克林顿的证词询问定于周五进行。两次采访均不向媒体开放，但会进行转录和录像。
科默周三告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，这对前第一夫妇的证词”对于了解爱泼斯坦和[吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦]的性交易网络以及他们试图讨好和影响以逃避审查的方式至关重要。”
“他们的证词还可能为国会如何加强打击人口贩卖的法律提供参考。我们调查的目标很明确：我们要为美国人民和受害者提供透明度和问责制，”科默说。
克林顿夫妇的证词是在科默于去年8月传唤多名个人和实体提供爱泼斯坦相关信息之后出现的。他们是科默当时传唤的对象之一。
他们的律师最初反对传票，称传票在法律上无效，违反了权力分立原则，但众议院共和党人回应称，继续推进以两项罪名指控克林顿夫妇藐视国会。
在众议院全体投票预计推进之前的几天，律师们终于同意了科默的条件。
但委员会并非所有成员都对局势的发展感到满意。
“我不知道我们为什么没有把他们带到这里来。如果你或我遇到麻烦，你猜怎么着？我们会在这里，或者会被锁链锁住，他们会把我们拖来。让他们在查帕奎作证对我来说是对公众的侮辱，”田纳西州共和党众议员蒂姆·伯切特周三对记者表示。”我知道他们必须达成协议，但这不是我会达成的协议。”
委员会最高民主党人、加利福尼亚州民主党众议员罗伯特·加西亚告诉记者：”我们有一个很好的团队要去纽约。”
“我认为任何了解杰弗里·爱泼斯坦或与他有过接触的人，我认为都应该被询问。我是说，就我个人而言，我认为最近我们听到很多关于爱泼斯坦是否有任何外国关系，是否有任何……外国政府的财富的问题，”加西亚说。
但双方主要互相指责对方将调查政治化。民主党人指责共和党人试图制造迫害左翼人物的叙事，同时试图为唐纳德·特朗普总统脱罪，而共和党人则认为民主党人利用调查故意针对现任总司令。
克林顿夫妇和特朗普都没有被指控与爱泼斯坦有关的任何不当行为。
但迄今为止公布的爱泼斯坦文件中，特朗普和克林顿都多次出现，并且已知他们在爱泼斯坦联邦调查前与这位已故恋童癖者有过关系。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，主要报道众议院。此前在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻有过数字署名。
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House Republicans descend on Clintons’ hometown for high-stakes Epstein probe grilling
By Elizabeth Elkind | Fox News | Published February 26, 2026 6:00am EST
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to be deposed by the House Oversight Committee late Thursday morning, as lawmakers continue to investigate the federal government’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s case.
The deposition is expected to begin at 11 a.m. ET in Chappaqua, N.Y., Fox News Digital was told. The Clintons have owned a home in the affluent New York City suburb since 1999 and have primarily lived there since former President Bill Clinton left office.
And while closed-door depositions normally just require a committee staff presence in most cases, a source familiar with planning told Fox News Digital that House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., will be there in person.
At least 10 House Republicans on the committee will also attend, the source said.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024.(Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)
Hillary Clinton will be deposed on Thursday, while Bill Clinton’s deposition is scheduled for Friday. Both interviews will be closed to the press, but they will be transcribed and videotaped.
Comer told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that the former first couple’s 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.”
“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 survivors,” Comer said.
The Clintons’ testimony comes after months of back-and-forth with the committee on the circumstances and conditions of the interviews.
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 accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 9, 2026.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
They are two of several people and entities whom Comer subpoenaed for information on Epstein back in August.
Their attorneys initially pushed back on the subpoenas, calling them legally invalid and a violation of the separation of powers, but House Republicans responded by pressing forward with resolutions to hold both Clintons in contempt of Congress.
The lawyers finally agreed to Comer’s terms just days before a full House vote was expected to move forward.
But not all members of the committee are satisfied with how the situation is playing out.
“I don’t know why the heck we didn’t bring them here. If you or I got in trouble, guess what? We’d be here, or we’d be in chains, and they’d be dragging us in. Having them up in Chappaqua to me is an insult to the public,” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told reporters on Wednesday. “I realize they got to cut a deal, but it’s not a deal I would have cut.”
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the committee, told reporters, “We have a good group going up to New York.”
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both indicted on federal sex trafficking charges stemming from Epstein’s years of abuse of underage girls.(Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
“I think that anyone that has information about Jeffrey Epstein or spent any time with him, I think it’s important to ask questions. I mean, personally, I think one of the things that we’ve been hearing a lot about lately is whether Jeffrey Epstein had any sort of foreign ties, whether there were any sort of…wealth of foreign governments,” Garcia said.
But both sides have largely accused the other of politicizing the probe. Democrats have accused Republicans of trying to create a narrative that persecutes figures on the left while attempting to clear President Donald Trump, and Republicans are arguing that Democrats are using the investigation to purposefully target the sitting commander-in-chief.
Neither Clinton has been accused of any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, nor has Trump.
But both Trump and Clinton have appeared numerous times in the Epstein files released so far and are known to have had relationships with the late pedophile before his federal investigations.
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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