作者:伊丽莎白·埃尔金德(Elizabeth Elkind)
福克斯新闻(Fox News)
发布时间:2026年2月2日 美国东部时间上午5:30
众议院预计本周将就是否将前总统比尔·克林顿(Bill Clinton)和前国务卿希拉里·克林顿(Hillary Clinton)移交司法部(DOJ)提起刑事指控进行投票。
众议院规则委员会(House Rules Committee)是大多数立法在全院投票前的最后一道关卡,该委员会定于美国东部时间周一下午4点审议两项针对克林顿夫妇的藐视国会决议。
预计这些决议将在委员会内以党派划线方式通过,最早可能在周二或周三进行最终表决。
克林顿夫妇均被传唤至众议院监督委员会(House Oversight Committee),为国会对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦(Jeffrey Epstein)的调查作证。
民主党回避问题 众议院共和党准备就克林顿藐视国会投票
前国务卿希拉里·克林顿及其丈夫、前总统比尔·克林顿(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
尽管前第一夫妇的律师与监督委员会工作人员进行了数月的来回沟通,但他们从未按照委员会主席詹姆斯·科默(James Comer)(R-Ky.)规定的条件出庭,这促使科默发起了藐视国会程序。
“这表明没有人凌驾于法律之上,”科默上月在其小组委员会通过决议后告诉记者。”我为委员会感到非常自豪,期待能够迅速获取爱泼斯坦相关文件,并努力为美国人民寻求答案。”
委员会以两党共同支持的方式投票推进针对克林顿夫妇的藐视国会决议。九名民主党人加入共和党行列,支持推进针对比尔·克林顿的决议,而三人则支持推进针对希拉里·克林顿的决议。
随着藐视国会投票临近 克林顿发言人抨击科默对爱泼斯坦调查
众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默(R-Ky.)在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦举行的新闻发布会上发言(Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
然而,大多数民主党人指责科默在推动针对克林顿的藐视国会行动背后存在党派动机。
克林顿夫妇是科默作为小组委员会对爱泼斯坦调查的一部分传唤的10人之一。这些传票是在监督委员会小组委员会在另一场关于非法移民的听证会上以两党投票方式发出的。
委员会中的民主党人指出,科默没有推动对其他未出庭人员的藐视国会指控,也没有威胁司法部未能在去年年底国会同意的最后期限前提供所有爱泼斯坦相关文件。该部门目前只提供了预期文件的一小部分。
众议院监督和政府改革委员会主席詹姆斯·科默在2026年1月14日华盛顿特区国会大厦雷伯恩众议院办公楼希拉里·克林顿未参加闭门证词后,与一名打断他讲话的人交谈(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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科默表示,他正在与司法部就文件提供情况保持联系。
如果本周的投票成功,众议院将建议司法部对克林顿夫妇提起诉讼。
藐视国会罪是轻罪,最高可处10万美元罚款和长达一年的监禁。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字版(Fox News Digital)的政治记者,负责报道众议院。此前曾在《每日邮报》(Daily Mail)和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻(CBS News)发表过数字媒体署名文章。
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A contempt of Congress conviction carries up to a year in jail and a maximum $100,000 fine
By Elizabeth Elkind
Fox News
Published February 2, 2026 5:30am EST
The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on whether to refer former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges.
The House Rules Committee, the final gatekeeper before most legislation gets a chamber-wide vote, is slated to consider a pair of contempt of Congress resolutions targeting the Clintons at 4 p.m. ET on Monday.
Those resolutions are expected to pass through the committee along party lines, teeing them up for final passage as early as Tuesday or Wednesday.
Both Clintons were subpoenaed to appear before the House Oversight Committee to testify for Congress’ probe into Jeffrey Epstein.
DEMOCRATS DODGE QUESTIONS AS HOUSE GOP PREPARES CONTEMPT VOTES AGAINST THE CLINTONS
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Despite months of back-and-forth between the former first couple’s lawyers and Oversight staff, they never appeared on terms dictated by Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., pushing him to initiate contempt proceedings.
“This shows that no one is above the law,” Comer told reporters after his panel advanced the resolutions last month. “I’m just real proud of the committee and look forward to hopefully getting the Epstein documents in very quickly and trying to get answers for the American people.”
The committee voted along bipartisan lines to move forward with contempt resolutions against the Clintons. Nine Democrats joined the Republicans to advance the resolution against Bill Clinton, while three voted to advance Hillary Clinton’s.
CLINTON SPOKESMAN LASHES OUT AT COMER OVER EPSTEIN PROBE AS CONTEMPT VOTE NEARS
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
The majority of Democrats, however, have accused Comer of partisan motivations behind his Clinton contempt efforts.
The Clintons were two of 10 people subpoenaed by Comer as part of the panel’s investigation into Epstein. The subpoenas were issued following a bipartisan vote by an Oversight subcommittee panel during an unrelated hearing on illegal immigration.
Democrats on the committee have pointed out that Comer has not pushed to hold others who did not appear in contempt, nor has he made any threats against the DOJ for failing to produce all of its documents on Epstein by a deadline agreed to by Congress late last year. The department has produced a fraction of the documents expected so far.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer talks to a person who was interrupting him as he spoke to reporters after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not appear for a closed-door deposition in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Comer has said he is in contact with the DOJ about its document production.
If the vote this week is successful, the House will have recommended both the Clintons for prosecution by the DOJ.
A contempt of Congress charge is a felony misdemeanor that carries a maximum fine of $100,000 and up to a year in jail.
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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