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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has kicked off its deposition of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in its investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The deposition, taking place Thursday in Chappaqua, New York, comes after the former first lady and former President Bill Clinton reversed course earlier this month and agreed to sit for depositions to avoid being held in contempt of Congress for defying a Congressional subpoena. 

The former president, who had a documented friendship with Epstein and flew on his plane a few times in the early 2000s, is scheduled to sit for a deposition on Friday. 

“No one’s accusing, at this moment, the Clintons of any wrongdoing. They’re going to have due process,” House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said in a press conference before the deposition started. 

“But we have a lot of questions,” Comer continued. “And the purpose of the 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?”

The Hill’s partners at NewsNation reported that the Clintons and the committee agreed to focus on five topic areas in the deposition: How the government handled its inquiry into Epstein and Maxwell; the circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death; how the government can tackle sex trafficking; how Epstein and Maxwell worked with powerful figures to protect themselves; and possible ethics rules violations by public officials.

Clinton spokesman Angel Ureña on social media prodded Comer and made a reference to no Republicans attending a deposition with Epstein’s former employer, billionaire Les Wexner, in Ohio last week — which Comer had missed due to oral surgery.

“We congratulate the Republicans for showing up today and tomorrow for their first deposition in their Epstein investigation. Glad none of them had pre-scheduled oral surgery,” he posted on X. “We hope they actually ask questions about Epstein. Up until this point, they haven’t asked a single one.”

Hillary Clinton has said she cannot recall ever speaking to Epstein and met his co-conspirator Ghislane Maxwell a few times.

Asked about that, Comer said: “There are a lot of questions pertaining to Secretary Clinton, with respect to Epstein and his involvement in the Clinton initiative and her relationship with Ghislane Maxwell.”

Republican members in attendance at the deposition included Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.), Nancy Mace (S.C.), Lauren Boebert (Colo.), William Timmons (S.C.), John McGuire (Va.), Michael Cloud (Texas) and Eric Burlison (Mo.).

On the Democratic side, Ranking Member Robert Garcia (Calif.) is expedited to attend along with some other Democratic members of the panel.

The Oversight panel had voted on a bipartisan basis to subpoena the Clintons and several other former government officials last year, and spent months negotiating with the Clintons over how they could provide testimony about their links to Epstein.

As they attempted to avoid depositions, the Clintons previous Clintons argued that they had already provided the committee with all the information they had about Epstein Maxwell, provided sworn statements that they had no knowledge of their criminal activities, and argued that the subpoenas were invalid. 

Later, they sought to have Hillary Clinton provide a sworn statement instead of testifying, and sought to limit the former president’s deposition to a four-hour interview. 

In January, three Democrats on the panel voted with Republicans to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the refusal to sit for a deposition. Nine Democrats voted to hold former President Clinton in contempt of Congress.

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