House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said former President Bill Clinton is the "prime suspect" in the House Oversight Committee’s probe looking at the late financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Democrats joined Republicans in voting to move forward issuing the subpoenas. The committee requested Hillary Clinton appear Oct. 9, and Bill Clinton Oct. 14.
"So, hopefully we’ll win that court battle with that subpoena and see President Clinton in October," Comer told Newsmax.
Clinton has said he has never visited Epstein’s island. Clinton wrote in his 2024 memoir "Citizen" that he'd never gone to the island and that he wished he'd never even met Epstein in the first place.
A spokesperson for Clinton did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Meanwhile, the case has attracted additional attention after the Department of Justice and the FBI announced in July the agencies would not release new documents from the Epstein sex trafficking case and that their review into Epstein was closed.
Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. President George W. Bush attend the inauguration of then President-elect Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
While Comer acknowledged it would prove challenging to actually get the former president to testify before Congress, he remained optimistic about the odds — given his track record.
"I’ve never lost a subpoena battle," Comer said Monday. "I’ve been chairman of that committee for a year and a half — this is the most challenging subpoena I’ve ever issued, but what makes this subpoena different is that the Democrats voted with Republicans."
Fox News’ Liz Elkind contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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