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House panel votes to hold Clintons in contempt in Jeffrey Epstein probe
CNN ^ | 1/21/26 | Annie Grayer

Posted on 01/21/2026 1:53:49 PM PST by CFW

Lawmakers have taken the next step toward holding Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena to testify in the congressional Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee voted to send the effort to the full House for a vote. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who supports holding the Clintons in contempt, has committed to having the chamber vote on the resolutions.

Some Democrats joined with Republicans in voting to hold the former president in contempt. The vote to hold the former secretary of state in contempt was also bipartisan. But fewer Democrats supported that move, with some arguing she should be allowed to submit written testimony or should not have faced a subpoena for testimony in the first place. Ultimately, however, it was moot as Republicans had the votes to send both to the full House.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; contempt; epstein; testifying; whatgoesaround
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Pigs are flying!
1 posted on 01/21/2026 1:53:49 PM PST by CFW
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Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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BREAKING: Per colleague
@ChadPergram
, the House Oversight Committee has just voted to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for ignoring a committee subpoena to give a deposition re: the Epstein investigation. Vote was 34-8 w/ two present. 9 Dems voted w/ GOP. Committee also voted to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt.

The resolutions will now to go the House for a full contempt of Congress vote. If the House passes those resolutions with a simple majority, it will be referred to DOJ for potential criminal prosecution.


2 posted on 01/21/2026 1:54:59 PM PST by CFW
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RE: Holding the Clintons in contempt.

We were waaaaaayyyyyy ahead on that one.


3 posted on 01/21/2026 1:55:46 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: CFW

“Pigs” really may be flying

“Being “in contempt” means showing willful disobedience or disrespect toward a court, judge, or legislative body, often by failing to follow a court order, which can lead to fines, jail time, or other penalties”


4 posted on 01/21/2026 1:56:29 PM PST by albie
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To: CFW

Their con is the subpoena is “unenforceable” so they can trash it and go on with their lives.

Hope that isn’t true.


5 posted on 01/21/2026 1:57:36 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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6 posted on 01/21/2026 1:58:40 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: CFW

This end up in a DC Court where it dies

The Clintons are untouchable in the District of Corruption

Hillary has dirt on everyone, especially the judges


7 posted on 01/21/2026 1:59:13 PM PST by digger48
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Their tattered, faded, barely legible “Democrat. Get Out of Jail Free” cards aren’t so impressive now.

They’d do better with Jeff Lebowski’s Ralph’s Market card.


8 posted on 01/21/2026 1:59:16 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Naw they just be groaning a bit.
9 posted on 01/21/2026 2:01:30 PM PST by deport
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To: CFW

Are we actually still paying somebody to be “House Sergeant at Arms” or is that “BS-as-usual” too?


10 posted on 01/21/2026 2:02:00 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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“it will be referred to DOJ for potential criminal prosecution.”

At that point Blondi needs to pretend Hillary is George Zimmerman so an arrest can be made.


11 posted on 01/21/2026 2:03:23 PM PST by cgbg ("Your identity is how power treats you.")
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To: frank ballenger
“Democrat. Get Out of Jail Free” cards aren’t so impressive now.

Do you see jail bars in front of him?

No, me neither.

12 posted on 01/21/2026 2:04:32 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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OT but relevant news from this afternoon. Eighth Circuit reverses district judge’s ruling restricting ICE agents response to rioting obstructionists:

Attorney General Pamela Bondi

@AGPamBondi
Minnesota Court Victory:

A liberal judge in Minnesota tried to handcuff ICE agents who are enforcing the Nation’s immigration laws and responding to obstructive and violent interference from agitators.

The 8th Circuit just granted an administrative stay HALTING these restrictions, which were designed to undermine federal law enforcement.

This DOJ will protect federal law enforcement agents from criminals in the streets AND activist judges in the courtroom.


13 posted on 01/21/2026 2:07:40 PM PST by CFW
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To: frank ballenger

30+ years


14 posted on 01/21/2026 2:08:11 PM PST by xp38
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RE: Do you see jail bars in front of him?

No, me neither.


Part of Glenn Beck’s one year anniversary of January 20th as he promised to wait to that day to totally trash Pam Bondi and call for her firing, was to remind the DC insiders that letting all the guilty Dems go free contributes to the eventual downfall of the Republic just as the system of justice in ancient Rome was seen finally to be totally ineffective and rigged for the elites, leading to the overthrow of the Roman government and the collapse of the empire.

And the woke barbarians are already within our gates.

There is a higher price to pay for the two tiered system of US justice than just a midterm loss. We could lose our system.


15 posted on 01/21/2026 2:11:44 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Does this mean they are on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION ?


16 posted on 01/21/2026 2:11:44 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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Does this mean they are on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION ?

Definitely.

Justice tempered by mercy only went so far.

17 posted on 01/21/2026 2:13:33 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Just disrupting their lives makes me happy. We know that nothing will happen to them.....


18 posted on 01/21/2026 2:14:04 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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Do you see jail bars in front of him?

We didn’t see jail bars in front of Eric Holder either. Unfortunately, the Clintoon’s are untouchable.

19 posted on 01/21/2026 2:16:02 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. 🎤 Father of USAF ISR pilot. ✈️ Aviation is in our DNA)
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The Clintons are no longer relevant. Dems in congress can throw them under the bus without getting pushback from their base. Then they can virtue signal about being “bipartisan” should they take back congress and start issuing subpoenas against Republicans.


20 posted on 01/21/2026 2:17:24 PM PST by LuxAerterna
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