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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，这发生在本周晚些时候众议院预计就对二人提起藐视国会诉讼进行投票之前。
在周一发给委员会的电子邮件中，克林顿夫妇的法律团队表示，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出席证词陈述”。
“正如委员会惯例，请确认众议院不会推进藐视国会诉讼程序，正如主席在其今早的信件中所述，”该电子邮件称，该邮件由哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获得。
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，并且他们没有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诉讼。我将明确他们同意的条款，然后与我的委员会成员讨论下一步行动。”
众议院监督委员会去年传票传唤了克林顿夫妇，但二人称传票在法律上无效，并拒绝出现在调查司法部对爱泼斯坦调查的小组面前。委员会随后在1月建议对克林顿夫妇提起藐视国会诉讼。
两项藐视国会决议在众议院监督委员会以两党支持通过，尽管更多民主党人支持与比尔·克林顿相关的决议，他已承认曾与爱泼斯坦有过接触。
在爱泼斯坦案中，两人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，前总统同意在纽约市进行为期四小时的转录采访，且“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，她的出现应遵循与其丈夫作证相同的条款。
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，小组对该提议“存在严重关切”。
科默辩称，比尔·克林顿证词的拟议范围过于有限，“将导致您的当事人回答的问题寥寥无几”。他说其他要求“不合理”且“不充分”。科默称希拉里·克林顿宣誓声明或出庭的条款也不可接受。
克林顿夫妇提议的消息首先由弗吉尼亚州民主党众议员詹姆斯·沃尔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，并为未来几天的众议院全体会议投票做准备。
“我理解克林顿夫妇同意出席证词陈述，并同意您在最近一封信中提出的条款，”沃尔金肖在两人出现在委员会面前时对科默说。
科默表示他不知道这个消息。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的电子邮件。
尼科尔·基林和贾拉·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 / 8:09 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 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.
Nikole Killion and Jaala Brown contributed to this report.
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