Former President Bill Clinton is famous for his tendency to parse words, but when it comes to the Epstein files, he’d rather not say anything at all.

The one-time Democrat wunderkind and his entitled wife, Hillary, have been repeated no-shows at the House Oversight Committee, which had subpoenaed the pair to deliver depositions on what they knew about pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and when they knew it.

GOP Oversight Chair James Comer (KY-01) wasn’t having it:

[The Contempt of Congress]… vote became a certainty on Tuesday, when House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said that he turned down an offer from the Clintons’ attorneys aiming for a compromise on the deposition dispute.

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Facing contempt of Congress, the Clintons’ lawyers made an untenable offer: that I travel to New York for a conversation with President Clinton only. No official transcript would be recorded and other Members of Congress would be barred from participating. I have rejected…

— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) January 20, 2026

I have rejected the Clintons’ ridiculous offer.

The Clintons, it would seem, deem themselves above the huddled masses and deserve some sort of special treatment:

Comer said in a statement that the Clintons’ attorneys made an offer to have former President Clinton testify before only Comer and ranking member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) in New York — with just two staff members each, no other committee members, and no official transcript.

Comer dismissed that proposal, saying it shows the Clintons “believe their last name entitles them to special treatment,” while taking a jab at the former president for being impeached in 1998: “Former President Clinton has a documented history of parsing language to evade questions, responded falsely under oath, and was impeached and suspended from the practice of law as a result.”

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Hillary is right- No one is above the law.

Unfortunately, the Clintons believe they are and defied their subpoenas.@GOPoversight will hold them accountable. Contempt proceedings start tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/QNfUS74Xbq

— Gary Palmer (@USRepGaryPalmer) January 20, 2026

Comer wasn’t done:

“Former Secretary Clinton’s on-the-record testimony is necessary for the Committee’s investigation given her knowledge from her time as Secretary of State of the federal government’s work to counter international sex-tracking rings, her personal knowledge of Ms. Maxwell, and her family’s relationship with Mr. Epstein,” Comer said.

The Clintons have insisted that they have already provided the committee with all the information that they have, yet have thrown up all kinds of legalese roadblocks to avoid testifying. But if they’ve already told what they know, why their insistence on refusing to come clean in a public forum? It’s no wonder that Americans don’t trust “Slick Willy” any further than they throw him, much less his duplicitous spouse.   

Bill Clinton, like his successor Barack Obama, was once touted as the great communicator, the everyman’s president. I won’t lie, as a young man, I fell for it — I thought he was the real deal. As they say, however, and Monica Lewinsky will attest to, dreams die hard.

With each passing year, the Clinton legacy becomes more and more tainted. Why can’t they just show up like normal people and tell us what they know? I don’t have the precise answer to that — but I have a more general one. They won’t show because they’re an elitist, entitled couple who think they’re above it all. What they’re really proving, however, is that they’re beneath our contempt.