Former US President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify before the powerful House Oversight Committee in its investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, marking a significant reversal after months of resistance. The decision came only after the congressional panel moved toward a vote to hold the Clintons in contempt of Congress-an escalation that dramatically raised the political and legal stakes for one of America’s most prominent political families.

The development underscores how the Epstein case, years after the financier’s death, continues to reverberate through the highest levels of US power. It also highlights a broader question with resonance far beyond Washington: whether political elites in liberal democracies are ultimately subject to the same accountability mechanisms they so often promote abroad.

According to committee chair Republican James Comer, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton have agreed to appear for transcribed and filmed depositions later this month-Hillary Clinton on February 26 and Bill Clinton on February 27. The announcement followed weeks of intensifying pressure from lawmakers frustrated by what they viewed as stonewalling.

“Once it became clear that the House of Representatives would hold them in contempt, the Clintons completely caved,” Comer said, framing the decision as a victory for congressional oversight rather than partisan maneuvering.

The House Oversight Committee began seeking testimony from the Clintons last year, initially through informal requests. When those efforts failed,........

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