He said four hours would be inadequate for Bill Clinton, describing him as a “loquacious individual” who could try to run out the clock.
“Your clients’ desire for special treatment is both frustrating and an affront to the American people’s desire for transparency,” Comer wrote in a Monday letter to the Clintons’ lawyers.
Comer also rejected Bill Clinton’s request to limit the interview to matters directly tied to Epstein. The former president, Comer wrote, “likely has an artificially narrow definition in mind” of what is relevant.
Comer said he is concerned Bill Clinton would refuse to answer questions about “his personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, ways in which they sought to curry favor with powerful individuals and alleged efforts to utilize his power and influence after his presidency to kill negative news stories about Jeffrey Epstein.” Continue reading…