Bill and Hillary Clinton set for Epstein deposition: What to know

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into the network of influence and crime run by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with Hillary appearing on Thursday, February 26, 2026, followed by Bill on Friday, February 27, 2026, at depositions to be held in Chappaqua, New York, where the couple resides. The depositions will be sworn, out-of-court testimonies conducted behind closed doors, where the Clintons will respond to questions from committee lawyers and investigators. The sessions will be recorded and transcribed, with the potential for legal consequences if false statements are knowingly provided. This development comes after months of tense exchanges between the Clintons and Representative James Comer, the Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee. The couple had initially resisted testifying, arguing the inquiry was politically motivated, and had previously declined to appear despite multiple subpoenas, which they claimed were legally invalid. The House Oversight Committee is conducting a multifaceted investigation primarily centered around the activities of Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, examining matters including the alleged mismanagement of the federal government's investigation into Epstein and Maxwell, the circumstances surrounding Epstein's death in federal custody, the operation of sex-trafficking rings, and how Epstein and Maxwell sought to curry favor and influence to protect their illegal activities. While there is no evidence of wrongdoing by either Clinton in connection with Epstein, scrutiny intensified after Bill Clinton was mentioned in unsealed Epstein-related court documents released in 2024, with additional records made public in late 2025 and early 2026 prompting new political pressure. Bill Clinton has acknowledged knowing Epstein in the early 2000s and flew on Epstein's private plane multiple times, though he maintained their interactions were limited to those trips related to work for the Clinton Foundation and that he was unaware of Epstein's criminal conduct at the time. In contrast, there is no public evidence that Hillary Clinton had a direct relationship with Epstein, though her name appears frequently in the Epstein files, primarily in news articles about her 2016 presidential campaign that were shared with Epstein. Hillary has insisted she never met Epstein and acknowledged only encountering Ghislaine Maxwell 'on a few occasions.'