After a prolonged legal standoff, Bill and Hillary Clinton testified last week to the House Oversight Committee about Jeffrey Epstein. Predictably, nothing much of substance came from either deposition. Hillary plainly had no relevant information, and Bill admitted nothing.

This week, with its subpoena of Attorney General Pam Bondi and its agreement with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for his testimony, the committee displayed its willingness to demand answers even from those sitting on high perches. Those moves, coupled with the recent testimony from the former First Couple, tee up an even higher-stakes showdown ahead: Will Donald Trump be next?

Hillary Clinton’s testimony was, unsurprisingly, pointless. The committee’s subpoena to the former secretary of State was an unserious bit of political showboating by chairman James Comer and other Republicans bent on creating sizzle with a boldface name and settling decades-old grudges. Clinton told the committee in advance she had never even met Epstein and knew nothing about his misdeeds; she said precisely the same at her deposition; and the committee members essentially nodded along, asked her about space aliens and Pizzagate, then thanked her for serving as a shiny prop to draw media attention.

Clinton’s most memorable moment came when she eviscerated Representative Lauren Boebert for leaking a photo from inside the deposition room, violating Boebert’s own party’s procedural rules. Even conservatives praised Clinton for putting a thirsty buffoon in her place.

Bill Clinton is a different story. His testimony was downright Clintonian (defined by the Urban Dictionary as a statement that “typically skirts the issue or spins words”). The former president began by congratulating himself for coming forward out of a sense of patriotic duty and a deep moral obligation to protect Epstein’s victims — never mind that........

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