
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee just announced it plans to move forward with a vote to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress. That’s because the former president completely blew off his scheduled deposition related to the committee’s ongoing investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Oversight Chair James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, confirmed the news on Tuesday. Since Clinton decided not to show up “for his lawful subpoena,” the panel will vote on the contempt charge sometime next week, per NBC. This is a pretty intense political escalation, and it shows the committee isn’t messing around with its deadline.