Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to testify behind closed doors on Thursday (February 26) to a congressional committee investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, though it is not clear how much new information will come to light.

Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, has said she has little information to provide and has accused the Republican-led panel of trying to shift focus away from President Donald Trump's ties to Epstein, who died by suicide in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.

She and her husband, Democratic former President Bill Clinton, initially refused to testify before the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, but relented when lawmakers moved to hold them in contempt of Congress.

Hillary Clinton is due to deliver a closed-door deposition to the committee at 11 a.m. ET (1600 GMT) in Chappaqua, New York, near their main residence. Bill Clinton is scheduled to testify at the same time on Friday (February 27).

A spokesperson for the Clintons did not respond to a request for comment.

Committee chairman James Comer of Kentucky, a Republican, has said transcripts of their interviews will be made public.

Hillary Clinton's ties to Epstein are unclear.

Bill Clinton flew on Epstein's plane several times in the early 2000s after he left office. He has denied wrongdoing and expressed regret for his association.

According to Comer, Epstein visited the White House 17 times while Clinton was in office.

Trump also socialized extensively with Epstein in the 1990s and 2000s, before his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Comer said evidence gathered by the panel does not implicate Trump.

Trump's Justice Department has released more than 3 million pages of Epstein-related documents over the past several months to comply with a law passed by Congress.

The Justice Department sought to draw attention to photos of Bill Clinton, but the documents also have revealed Epstein's ties to a long list of business and political leaders, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Overseas, they have prompted criminal investigations of Britain's Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Duke of York, and other prominent figures.

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CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, JAMES COMER, SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AHEAD OF HILLARY CLINTON'S TESTIMONY IN CONGRESSIONAL EPSTEIN PROBE

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SHOWS: CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 26, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, JAMES COMER [IN YELLOW TIE], EXITING CHAPPAQUA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND WALKING TO LECTERN

2. SIGN ON BUILDING READING (English) “CHAPPAQUA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER”

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, JAMES COMER, SAYING:

“We worked for six months to get the Clintons to come in and then they acted like they were going to come in and then they didn't show up. And obviously we moved to hold the Clintons in contempt. And I think one thing that surprised the Clintons, they assumed the Democrats on the committee would vote in a partisan manner and not vote to hold the Clintons in contempt. And what they learned was a majority of the Democrats on the committee either voted to hold the Clintons in contempt or voted present. And I think that's a statement that this investigation is serious.”

4. WHITE FLASH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, JAMES COMER, SAYING:

“The American people have a lot of questions. To my knowledge, the Clintons haven't answered very many, if any, questions about their knowledge or involvement with [Jeffrey] Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell. Again, no one's accusing at this moment the Clintons of any wrongdoing. They're going to have due process. But we have a lot of questions. And the purpose of this whole investigation is to try to understand many things about Epstein. How did he accumulate so much wealth? How was he able to surround himself with some of the most powerful men in the world? Was he an asset for our government or any other government? These are the questions that we're going to ask over the next two days.”

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7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, JAMES COMER, SAYING:

“This is going to be a long deposition. Today will be a long deposition, I would assume. And tomorrow will be an even longer deposition. Every member of the Oversight Committee is going to have questions for the Clintons, as well as our trained staff that do nothing but deposition. So.”

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9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, JAMES COMER, SAYING:

“This isn't a partisan witch hunt. This was a motion, a bipartisan motion supported by the Democrats to bring the Clintons in. So I don't think it's any type of being unfair in any way to the Clintons. They've never answered questions, unlike President Trump, who gets questioned every day by just about every one of you, about his knowledge or involvement with Epstein. To my knowledge, the Clintons haven't answered very many questions about it.”

10. WHITE FLASH

11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, JAMES COMER, AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, NANCY MACE [STANDING LEFT] SAYING: [REFERRING TO U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK]

COMER: “You know, I think it's a good possibility that his name will arise in some questioning today.”

MACE: “It’ll be on my list. And I have an email I printed off for Hilary to ask about Howard Lutnick today.”

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13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, JAMES COMER, SAYING:

“We subpoenaed the estate. That had nothing to do with the discharge petition. We subpoenaed the documents for the estate. That's what the victims asked us to do. And what you're seeing is there is accountability finally happening. You've seen it at least a dozen very powerful people, men and women who have already resigned, many in disgrace from their board positions. So we're seeing accountability, but we have a desire to see a lot more accountability. We want to get the answers. And hopefully the next two days will be a step in the right direction.”

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15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, JAMES COMER, SAYING:

“Maxwell is the main co-conspirator. No one brought more women in and lied to more women about what was going to happen with their involvement with Jeffrey Epstein than Ghislaine Maxwell. We know that obviously Maxwell was a guest at Chelsea Clinton's wedding. There weren't many people that went to that wedding. So again, we're not accusing Hillary Clinton of wrongdoing. We know that Jeffrey Epstein said many times in emails that he was the first person to raise money for the Clinton Initiative, the Clinton Foundation, that he solicited money at some of his properties for the Clinton Foundation. Again, that's not saying anything illegal, but there are a lot of questions pertaining to Secretary Clinton.”

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17. COMER LEAVING LECTERN AND WALKING INTO CHAPPAQUA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER