Democrats dodge questions as House GOP prepares contempt votes against the Clintons

House Democrats remain largely silent on whether they'll support GOP contempt resolutions against the Clintons over alleged Epstein probe defiance in Congress.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Khanna, along with Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., led a successful effort to force a vote on mandating that the DOJ release nearly all of its Epstein files. 

The DOJ has yet to produce more than a fraction of the documents, however, more than a month after the deadline set by Congress.

When asked directly how he would vote regarding the Clintons on Wednesday, Khanna said, "I would say that they need to come in after the files are released."

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Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., a first-term member of the committee, told Fox News Digital when asked how he'll vote, "We'll see how they're treating all of the other people who have not complied completely with the committee, because I think what they've started doing is making this partisan."

The Clintons were two of 10 people subpoenaed to appear before the committee after a unanimous committee vote to launch the investigation.

To date, however, just one of those original 10 people — former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr — has appeared in person. Former Trump Labor Secretary Alex Azar was also deposed pursuant to a separate subpoena.

Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democrat from California, during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Nov. 18, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"I think it's incredibly hypocritical for James Comer to go out and try to hold in contempt his political enemies while [Attorney General Pam Bondi] is actively breaking the law, and he refuses to hold her in contempt," Garcia told MS NOW last week.

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But in his opening remarks ahead of the committee meeting, Comer is expected to argue that it would be Democrats who are acting hypocritical if they do not vote to hold House-wide contempt votes.

"We’ve offered flexibility on scheduling. The response we received was not cooperation, but defiance, marked by repeated delays, excuses, and obstruction," Comer will say, according to remarks obtained by Fox News Digital. "Today, the Clintons must be held accountable for their actions. And Democrats must support these measures, or they will be exposed as hypocrites."

Neither of the Clintons have been implicated in any wrongdoing related to Epstein.

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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