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Master of evasion Bill Clinton may finally be held to account as Congress probes contempt

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24.01.2026

The walls are closing in — on Bill Clinton. 

The former president and practiced political escape artist is on the verge of being held in contempt of Congress. 

This time, the Democratic Party, which stuck with him during his scandal-plagued 1992 campaign and during his 1998 impeachment, isn’t rallying to him in unison.

The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee just voted 34-8 to hold Bill Clinton in contempt for ignoring a congressional subpoena regarding the Epstein scandal, with nine Democrats voting in favor, eight voting against, and two abstaining. 

In other words, fascinatingly, only a minority of the committee’s Democrats stood by Clinton. 

The committee also voted to hold Hillary, who defied a subpoena as well, in contempt, but by a narrower margin.

Only three Democrats went along with the Republicans, a rare instance of Hillary being a better vote-getter than her husband. 

The measure will now go to the full House and is expected to pass with some Democrats defecting again to vote with........

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