{"id":221417,"date":"2026-02-07T03:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/bill-clinton-accuses-republicans-of-using-him-as-a-prop-amid-epstein-testimony-says-he-wants-all-files-released\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T03:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:54:10","slug":"bill-clinton-accuses-republicans-of-using-him-as-a-prop-amid-epstein-testimony-says-he-wants-all-files-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/bill-clinton-accuses-republicans-of-using-him-as-a-prop-amid-epstein-testimony-says-he-wants-all-files-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton Accuses Republicans of Using Him as a \u2018Prop\u2019 amid Epstein Testimony, Says He Wants All Files Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/bill-clinton\/\" title=\"Bill Clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bill Clinton<\/strong><\/a> is calling out congressional Republicans for engaging in what he referred to as \u201ca closed-door kangaroo court\u201d ahead of his testimony in front of the House Oversight Committee as part of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. <\/p>\n<p>The 79-year-old former president and his wife, former first lady and Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/hillary-clinton\/\" title=\"Hillary Clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hillary Clinton<\/strong><\/a>, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/02\/bill-hillary-clinton-agree-to-testify-in-epstein-investigation-led-by-house-oversight-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agreed to testify in front of the committee<\/a> earlier this month. <\/p>\n<p>However, on Friday (February 6), <strong>Bill <\/strong>took to social media to issue a statement and to call for the release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/epstein-files\/\" title=\"Epstein Files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Epstein files<\/strong><\/a> in full. <\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2179330\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have called for the full release of the Epstein files. I have provided a sworn statement of what I know. And just this week, I\u2019ve agreed to appear in person before the committee. But it\u2019s still not enough for Republicans on the House Oversight Committee,\u201d he wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillClinton\/status\/2019878049475621148?s=20\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/x.com\/BillClinton\/status\/2019878049475621148?s=20&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing, he called out House Oversight Committee chair <strong>James Comer<\/strong>, writing that he \u201cwants cameras, but only behind closed doors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho benefits from this arrangement? It\u2019s not Epstein\u2019s victims, who deserve justice. Not the public, who deserve the truth. It serves only partisan interests. This is not fact-finding, it\u2019s pure politics,\u201d <strong>Bill<\/strong> continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat wrote that he would \u201cnot sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they want answers, let\u2019s stop the games &amp; do this the right way: in a public hearing, where the American people can see for themselves what this is really about,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>In December, a rep for the former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/22\/bill-clintons-rep-calls-for-release-of-any-epstein-file-documents-or-photos-that-involve-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made a big request<\/a> on <strong>Bill<\/strong>\u2018s behalf in regards to the Epstein files. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/06\/bill-clinton-accuses-republicans-of-using-him-as-a-prop-amid-epstein-testimony-says-he-wants-all-files-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Clinton is calling out congressional Republicans for engaging in what he referred to as \u201ca closed-door kangaroo court\u201d ahead of his testimony in front of the House Oversight Committee as part of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The 79-year-old former president and his wife, former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-221417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}