After much wrangling, the Clintons will stave off a Contempt of Congress referral by appearing for a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee, to answer questions regarding their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Two of the three broadcast network nightly newscasts did not deem this to be sufficiently newsworthy to air.  The sole network to cover the Clinton reversal was CBS. Here’s what coverage looked like on the Evening News: The CBS Evening News was the only broadcast nightly to report on the Clintons caving and agreeing to a deposition before the House Oversight Committee pic.twitter.com/snDRsmJzU7 — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) February 4, 2026 TONY DOKOUPIL: Also today we learned that after months of back-and-forth, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify on camera later this month in a House investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. They had little choice in the matter, facing contempt of Congress charges had they refused. Here is Justice Correspondent Scott MacFarlane. SCOTT MacFARLANE: More than six years after he died by suicide, the vortex surrounding sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is still growing. Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to sit for closed-door depositions this month with the House Oversight Committee to talk about their relationship with Epstein. JAMES COMER: We are hopeful that they will come in. We can ask questions I think every American and every curious reporter would have, and then we will move on. MacFARLANE: The former president, seen in several photos in the Epstein case files, has acknowledged flying on Epstein's jet several times, but denies knowledge of his crimes. The New York Post brought emphasis to what the Clintons were trying to avoid by making a late deal: “The only reason they have said they agree to terms is because the House has moved forward with contempt,” he added. “I will clarify the terms they are agreeing to and then discuss next steps with my committee members.” The Clintons could serve up to one year, but not less than one month, in jail and be fined between $100 and $1,000 if prosecuted, convicted and sentenced. Earlier Monday, Comer had rejected an offer from the couple proposing a “limitation on the scope of President Clinton’s testimony” and a sworn declaration from the ex-secretary of state, in lieu of depositions. Comer argued the Clintons’ “desire for special treatment is both frustrating and an affront to the American people’s desire for transparency,” and said having the former president testify for only four hours, as his lawyer requested, would not be enough time.   Scott MacFarlane’s weird D.C. roundup interviewed the brother of the late Virginia Giuffre, and ended with the investigation of the Fulton County, GA elections office. That concluded the most substantial reporting on the nightlies. ABC’s World News Tonight had no time for the Clinton collapse, because they played corporate synergy and ran a nearly 10-minute item on Disney’s New CEO. The NBC Nightly News allocated that A-block time to Jill Biden’s former husband, as he faces charges of murdering his current wife. Weird and salacious, but not to the point of bumping the Clinton Cave off of A-block. Click "expand" to view the full transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on the CBS Evening News on Tuesday, February 3rd. 2026: TONY DOKOUPIL: Also today we learned that after months of back-and-forth, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify on camera later this month in a House investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. They had little choice in the matter, facing contempt of Congress charges had they refused. Here is Justice Correspondent Scott MacFarlane. SCOTT MacFARLANE: More than six years after he died by suicide, the vortex surrounding sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is still growing. Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to sit for closed-door depositions this month with the House Oversight Committee to talk about their relationship with Epstein. JAMES COMER: We are hopeful that they will come in. We can ask questions I think every American and every curious reporter would have, and then we will move on. MacFARLANE: The former president, seen in several photos in the Epstein case files, has acknowledged flying on Epstein's jet several times, but denies knowledge of his crimes. Bill Gates is accused of affairs in the files. He denies wrongdoing, but his ex-wife today said the release dredges up painful memories. MELINDA GATES: For me, it's just sadness. Sadness for, you know, I've left -- I left my marriage. I had to leave my marriage. I wanted to leave my marriage. MacFARLANE: Meanwhile, it's the Trump administration facing new questions. SKY ROBERTS: There is one very big piece of the Department of Justice that is missing here and it’s that keyword, Justice. MacFARLANE: Survivors say the Department of Justice has failed to redact their personal information, identities, and photos. The brother and sister-in-law of the late Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre spoke to CBS Mornings. ROBERTS: They didn’t actively want their names, and they’re actively being released by the DoJ and that creates a huge safety risk for survivors out there. DOKOUPIL: And Scott, President Trump making other news from the Oval Office just a short while ago, talking about elections which are constitutionally, of course, run by the states, though he says the federal government should quote: "get involved." What does that mean? MacFARLANE: The president has said Republicans should take over voting procedures in some states to, quote: "nationalize the voting." And tonight he said it should happen when you see crooked elections. The president continues to lie about who won the 2020 election. The Constitution, as you say, says elections are overseen by state officials, and the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee says Trump is quote: "dismantling the guard rails that keep elections free and fair."  DOKOUPIL: All right, Scott, thank you very much.  

Today's CNN This Morning rolled a clip of NFL Commish Roger Goodell making this absurd claim regarding the league's choice of Bad Bunny as the lead performer for the Super Bowl halftime: "This platform is used to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents, and to be able to use this moment to do that. And I think artists in the past have done that. I think Bad Bunny understands that." Riight! Because nothing says uniting and bringing people together like choosing Bad Bunny, who: Is a bitter opponent of the man 77 million Americans voted for. Has refused to perform in the US. Won't record songs in English. Used his Grammy award spiel to declare "ICE Out." You might have thought that host Audie Cornish, a former NPR host that we've frequently called out for her liberal leanings, would have been all-in for the pick of Bad Bunny -- and perhaps she is.  But Audie had the intellectual honesty to call Goodell out on his transparent BS. "I don't understand Goodell trying to say, like, it's just a good time. It's not politics." Kudos, Cornish. Democrat consultant and TV-studio cowboy Chuck Rocha declared that the NFL's choice of BB was "smart" given his worldwide popularity. In contrast, Rocha swiped at Kid Rock, chosen by TPUSA for its all-American alternative half-time show: "He ain't doing nothing. He's just sitting on his couch in Detroit like, y'all want somebody to sing a few songs out there?" Cornish displayed an additional modicum of fairness, responding, "I don't know about that." Ashley Davis, a former aide in the George W. Bush administration, expressed a sensible sentiment: "Why do celebrities of any sort think that their politics matter to the main America? I could care less what Kid Rock thinks. I could care less what Bad Bunny thinks. I just think it's like self-importance that actually turns my stomach." Cornish tested Davis for possible hypocrisy: "Well, Ashley, can I ask a question? Do you feel the same way about Nicki Minaj?" That was an allusion to Minaj's recent outspoken support for President Trump, declaring herself his "number one fan." But Davis didn't waver: "I feel the same way about all of them. I was at an event with Nicki last week. I don't care [about] her politics either. I wasn't there because of Nicki Minaj. I was there for other reasons. But I don't, it doesn't matter to me."  Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 2/3/26 6:21 am ET ROGER GOODELL: This platform is used to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents, and to be able to use this moment to do that. And I think artists in the past have done that. I think Bad Bunny understands that, and I think he'll have a great performance.  AUDIE CORNISH: That's NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell trying to keep politics off the field. So is he going to get his wish? Super Bowl 60's halftime show has been a hot button issue since the announcement of Bad Bunny as this year's headliner. The artist, who recently won Album of the Year, has been a vocal critic of President Trump and his administration. He most recently used his platform at the Grammys to call out Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  BAD BUNNY: Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say ICE Out [applause].  CORNISH: So, another act performing before the game, Green Day, they've also been vocal about how they feel about Trump.  CLIP OF GREEN DAY PERFORMING: I'm not a part of the MAGA agenda. CORNISH: So, in counter-programming and in protest of Bad Bunny, Turning Point USA is hosting its all-American halftime show, headlined by none other than Kid Rock. They're billing it as an event for, quote, folks who love America. And we are back with the Group Chat.  I think that there's always been, basically everyone is watching football when it comes to live television and ratings, right? It's like the halftime show is a big deal. It's like one of the biggest moments in TV.  But I don't understand Goodell trying to say, like, it's just a good time. It's not politics.  . . .  ASHLEY DAVIS: I'm actually just shocked why the NFL's picked him in general. I don't know one song Bad Bunny sings, don't care. But I'm just saying I'm just surprised that they're making this controversial at all. I haven't watched a Super Bowl halftime.  CORNISH: Oh, why do you think it's controversial? We just said he has a kabillion in sales.  DAVIS: Oh, I just think it's controversial because he's criticizing. I mean, this goes back to the statement last week where, why do celebrities of any sort think that their politics matter to the main America?  Like, I could care less what Kid Rock thinks. I could care less what Bad Bunny thinks. I just think it's like self-importance that actually turns my stomach.  CHUCK ROCHA: So there's more people watching the Super Bowl. I'm the ad maker here. There's more eyeballs on this. That's why everything here becomes political to Evan's point. And Bad Bunny is the number one streaming artist in the world. So there's more people listening to his music than any other person in the entire world. And it's not even close. That's why it won Grammy for Album of the Year.  And I think with everything that we've seen on this program about ICE and immigration and all things, I think it's very timely. Whether you care or you don't care about his political views, he is the number one artist. And it's smart by the NFL. And there's a reason why the counter-programming is Kid Rock, because he ain't doing nothing. He's just sitting on his couch in Detroit like, y'all want somebody to sing a few songs out there.  CORNISH: I don't know about that. I did wonder why it wasn't just sing his music. Like, do we really care? What do you think he's going to do?  ROCHA: He did the Grammys. I think that there'll be a different thing at the Super Bowl. But just him being there is a statement.  CORNISH: Well, Ashley, can I ask a question? Do you feel the same way about Nicki Minaj?  DAVIS: Yeah, I feel the same way about all of them. I was at an event with Nicki last week. Like, I don't care [about] her politics either. I wasn't there because of Nicki Minaj. I was there for other reasons. But I don't, it doesn't matter to me. 

Free Beacon writer and 2023 MRC Bulldog Award winner Andrew Kerr unleashed a massive investigation on Monday morning, telling readers that a 2021 hate crime trumpeted by a who’s who of the liberal media — where a black teen in Plano, Texas named SeMarion Humphrey was pelted with BB gun bullets and forced to drink urine at a sleepover by white kids — was fake. Not only did Kerr report the story was deemed fake, a Texas jury found it so in a court of law on January 22 and ordered the boy’s mother Summer Smith and attorney Kim Cole “to pay $3.2 million in damages to” the boy Humphrey claimed to have been the ringleader. Kerr laid out the sordid details: It was a story that received blanket media coverage in March 2021. It alleged that white middle schoolers in Plano, Texas, viciously “tortured” SeMarion Humphrey, their black classmate, forcing him to drink their urine at a sleepover as they shot him with BB guns. A Black Lives Matter activist group charged the local public school district with doing “nothing” to stop “this racially motivated hate crime” as violent protests broke out outside the home of Asher Vann, the white child alleged to have organized the brutal attack. Tailor-made for the race-hustling liberal media, Kerr explained the story was picked up by “NBC, CBS, CNN, Business Insider, People magazine, the Daily Mail, and the Dallas Morning News,” and even an interview on ABC News Live with Prime host Linsey Davis. In said ABC interview, Kerr said Davis even “promoted a GoFundMe account that raised nearly $120,000 to help pay for Humphrey’s ‘therapy and private schooling.’” Unsurprisingly, none of these outlets have offered new stories apologizing for their role in fomenting this literal and online mob against an innocent boy and his family. The fallout extended to “racial activist groups add[ing] fuel to the fire” and one group “alleg[ing] Humphrey was ‘tortured for days’ by his white assailants[.]” In yet another unsurprising revelation, Kerr said “[c]ourt records show that Smith put less than $1,000 of the nearly $120,000 GoFundMe windfall toward her son’s schooling” and instead on things like “designer dog, dining and travel, beauty products, liquor, vapes, cell phones, car payments, and rent.” Kerr also spoke with Vann, which was something “none of the media outlets that covered the story in 2021” did “to hear his side of events, even as their coverage incited nationwide outrage that led to violent protests outside his home.” Vann said he received “death threats from thousands of people” and “full-grown adults...rush[ed] my house and caus[ed] harm to it.” To read Kerr’s full takedown, click here (or in the link at the top of the page).

ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg issued a call to action against President Trump during Tuesday’s episode of The View. She called on Americans to “do something about” Trump before he got the chance to “steal the election” in November. Instead of pushing back, Goldberg received aid in the form of co-hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin pushing their own claims that the midterm election results couldn’t be trusted if Democrats came up short. Goldberg’s call to action came in response to Hostin repeating an unsupported accusation she made on Friday, when she asserted that Trump was trying to get ahold of voters’ Social Security Numbers as part of a plot to steal the 2026 midterms: We’ve talked about this. I think what people don't realize - how much sensitive information there is in those voter rolls. Because he grabbed those Fulton County voter rolls and that was, I think, unconstitutional. But if you look at it - all states take information, you know, various different types - but you have your name, your address, Social Security number, driver's license number, some states collect political party affiliation, phone number, email address, voting history, and how you vote. Do you vote absentee? Do you mail it in. And so, that information, if you want to steal an election, could be very helpful. “With somebody like him, he will steal the election without that information. I mean, let's be realistic here,” she declared. Looking to the audience, she then issued her call to action, even affirming it was a call to action: “Listen, if you don't like what you're hearing, you're going to have to do something about it. Because Washington isn't going to do it. It's got to be us. It's got to be the people. Okay, I'm saying that.”   "He will steal the election." ABC News is now claiming Trump will, without a debt commit crimes during the election and puts out a call to action: SUNNY HOSTIN: He grabbed those Fulton County voter rolls (...) And so, that information, if you want to steal an election, could be… pic.twitter.com/p77BzKwFyr — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 3, 2026   Earlier in their conversation, Behar primed the election denial pump. According to her, if Republicans managed to somehow hold on to control of the House, it would be evidence that Republicans cheated since that was “the only way” they could win (an accusation she's leveled against the right many times before). She also predicted Trump would be “indicted” if he lost: BEHAR: Look what’s happened in Texas. I mean, a Democrat won a seat there that he won by 17 points. So, the Republicans are very nervous now that they're going to lose the election. So, the only way he can win, I guess, if he cheats. SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah. BEHAR: Because he's very nervous about losing the election because he's been -- SARA HAINES: He should be used to it by now. He did lose. BEHAR: He might be indicted. Am I right? He could be indicted? HOSTIN: Well, that – that – that – he could be impeached. But I – I will say --   Joy Behar claims Trump is going to steal the midterm elections, claims he's going be "indicted" if he loses, then hints that the Epstein files have evidence he committed crimes against children. pic.twitter.com/UHhKR07GX7 — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 3, 2026   Behar interrupted Hostin to claim – without evidence – that the Epstein Files had the dirt on Trump: "And there are the Epstein files like you mentioned which are really -- that' getting very, very hot right now. And I think he's really very scared. I do.: This was the latest instance of The View using what appeared to be inciting rhetoric against the Trump administration. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View February 3, 2026 11:05:13 a.m. Eastern (…) JOY BEHAR: Look what’s happened in Texas. I mean, a Democrat won a seat there that he won by 17 points. So, the Republicans are very nervous now that they're going to lose the election. So, the only way he can win, I guess, if he cheats. SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah. BEHAR: Because he's very nervous about losing the election because he's been -- SARA HAINES: He should be used to it by now. He did lose. BEHAR: He might be indicted. Am I right? He could be indicted? HOSTIN: Well, that – that – that – he could be impeached. But I – I will say -- BEHAR: And there are the Epstein files like you mentioned which are really -- that' getting very, very hot right now. And I think he's really very scared. I do. (…) 11:09:03 a.m. Eastern HOSTIN: We’ve talked about this. I think what people don't realize - how much sensitive information there is in those voter rolls. Because he grabbed those Fulton County voter rolls and that was, I think, unconstitutional. But if you look at it - all states take information, you know, various different types - but you have your name, your address, Social Security number, driver's license number, some states collect political party affiliation, phone number, email address, voting history, and how you vote. Do you vote absentee? Do you mail it in. And so, that information, if you want to steal an election, could be very helpful. [Crosstalk] GOLDBERG: Listen, but here’s the thing. With somebody like him, he will steal the election without that information. I mean, let's be realistic here. Okay? Listen, if you don't like what you're hearing, you're going to have to do something about it. Because Washington isn't going to do it. It's got to be us. It's got to be the people. Okay, I'm saying that.

Despite fearmongering by Democrats, such as Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who claim requiring a photo ID to vote is racist, the voter integrity requirement has strong support among minorities, CNN Data Analyst Harry Enten noted Tuesday. “What’s the racial breakdown on this, right? Because I think a lot of people make the argument that people of color, non-white Americans have a harder time procuring a photo ID to vote,” Enten asked - before reporting Pew Research findings: 82% of Latinos favor photo ID to vote. 76% of black Americans favor photo ID to vote. 85% of white people favor photo ID to vote. 83% of all U.S. adults favor photo ID to vote. “Normally, you’d might expect there’d be a big divide by party, with Republicans really for it and Democrats really against it – but not really, here,” Enten said, noting that even 71% of Democrats support requiring a photo ID to vote. Total support for requiring photo ID to vote has been “north of 75%” for years, Enten said, citing Pew surveys going back to 2018. “So the bottom line is this: voter ID is not controversial in this country. It is not controversial by party, and it is not controversial by race,” Enten explained. “The vast majority of Americans agree with Nicki Minaj that, in factm you should have a photo ID to be able to vote,” Enten said, vindicating the star rapper who drew liberal backlash Sunday when she touted the photo ID requirement in a social media post: “What sensible forward thinking cutting edge leading nation is having a DEBATE on whether or not there should be VOTER ID?!?!!!! Like?!?!? They’re actually fighting NOT to have ppl present ID while voting for your leaders!!!!! Do you get it?!?!!!! Do you get it now?!?!!!” Enten’s data is drawn from a Pew Research study of U.S. adults conducted August 4-10, 2025. Other related findings from the 2025 Pew poll include: 84% support requiring electronic voting machines to print a paper backup of a voter’s ballot. 80% support making early, in-person voting available for at least two weeks prior to the election. While 58% of all those polled favor allowing voters to cast ballots by mail, only 32% of Republicans support voting by mail, compared to 83% of Democrats. In 2024, Trump voters were more likely to vote in person on Election Day (38%) than were voters who cast their ballots for Democrat Kamala Harris (29%). Americans agree with Nicki Minaj when it comes to voter id. 83% of favor photo voter id to vote per Pew. This includes 70%+ of Democrats and Republicans, as well as 75%+ of Americans across races.... White, Black, and Latino. It's not controversial. pic.twitter.com/9Kocw85Uh8 — (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) February 3, 2026