Bill and Hillary Clinton declare themselves ABOVE THE LAW as they defy Epstein subpoena with astonishing letter slamming Trump’s ‘cruel agenda’

Bill and Hillary Clinton declared themselves above the law when they refused to testify before Congress about Jeffrey Epstein.

The former president was scheduled to testify behind closed doors in the House Oversight Committee’s bipartisan investigation of Epstein at 10 a.m. Tuesday but failed to show up. Hillary was scheduled to appear on stage Wednesday.

James Comer, the Republican chairman of House Oversight, has vowed to file a contempt hearing next week, setting off a potentially protracted and politically fraught process that Congress has rarely initiated in history.

In their stunning letter to Comer, the Clintons launched an attack on Donald Trump and the Republican lawmakers who are pushing his ‘ruthless agenda’.

They claimed legal analysis proved there was no need for them to testify and insisted the subpoenas were an extension of Trump’s ‘weaponization’ of the law.

‘The Department of Justice has been used as a weapon to pursue political opponents at the direction of the President. And most recently and searingly, an ICE agent killed an unarmed mother just days ago,” the Clintons wrote.

‘Everyone must decide when he has had enough or has had enough and be ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, regardless of the consequences. Now is the time for us.’

The Clintons cited precedent in Trump’s defiance of a congressional subpoena seeking his testimony about the October 2022 Capitol riot.

Former president Bill Clinton (R) and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrive at the inauguration ceremonies swearing in Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017.

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell grin with Bill Clinton during VIP tour of the White House

‘A legal analysis prepared by two law firms and provided to you yesterday makes clear that your subpoenas are legally invalid,’ the Clintons wrote.

‘You claim that your subpoenas were not violated when used against us, but you remained silent when the sitting President took the same position as a former president more than three years ago.

‘We call on you to release this analysis to the public to allow them to see that this is yet another example of casual disregard for the laws of the land.

‘Meanwhile, you have done nothing in your oversight capacity to compel the Department of Justice to comply with the law and release all the Epstein files, including material relating to us, that we publicly requested.’

Only two other former presidents, John Tyler and Harry Truman, and incumbent president Richard Nixon were formally subpoenaed by Congress to testify. Truman and Nixon also refused to comply.

While the Supreme Court has never ruled definitively on whether a president can be forced to testify to Congress, the Justice Department has historically argued that presidents have ‘testimony immunity’ to preserve the separation of powers.

The Clintons are testing whether courts will treat former presidents as a special class above ordinary citizens, based on precedents set by Trump.

Disrespect for Congress has gained more prominence in recent years. Two Trump allies were jailed for defying subpoenas during the investigation into the Capitol riot; This underlines that the challenge can have real legal consequences.

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) (C) holds up a notebook containing questions he says he is prepared to ask former President Bill Clinton after Clinton testifies behind closed doors at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) (R), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, holds a copy of the ‘Desegregation Bill’ painting allegedly displayed at the home of deceased child sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein

Comer told reporters: ‘As a result of Bill Clinton’s failure to appear for the legal subpoena that was unanimously voted on by the committee in a bipartisan manner, we will be taking action next week… to charge former President Clinton with contempt of Congress.’

Criminal contempt of Congress is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000, but the guidelines are unevenly enforced.

Clinton has never been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, but she had a well-documented friendship with him throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

Republicans have focused on that relationship as they try to maintain control over demands for full disclosure of Epstein’s wrongdoing amid pressure on Trump.

Epstein, who was once a friend of Trump, was convicted of sex crimes and later jailed pending trial for allegedly trafficking underage girls.

The financier died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial; This death was officially ruled a suicide but has long been the subject of conspiracy theories amplified by Trump supporters.

The Clintons were subpoenaed in August along with other current and former officials, including former FBI director James Comey.

Their testimony was originally scheduled for October, then postponed twice; and once after Bill Clinton said he had to attend a funeral.

In the last part of the Epstein files disclosed by Congress, Bill Clinton was seen hanging out in the jacuzzi.

Clinton and the pedophile financier were pictured together multiple times in the latest installment of the Epstein files released by Congress.

Painting of Bill Clinton dressed as a woman, kept by Jeffrey Epstein in his home

Clinton spokeswoman Angel Urena accused Comer of excluding the former president and said his legal team offered the same terms accepted for other witnesses.

Hillary Clinton’s office questioned why she was subpoenaed, saying the committee failed to explain the relevance of her testimony.

The dispute comes amid controversy over how the Trump administration handled records related to Epstein.

Weeks after the legal deadline for the release of the Epstein files expired, the Justice Department released only one percent of the total archive, angering Trump supporters who expected comprehensive disclosures.

These documents contained numerous photographs of Bill Clinton from the early 2000s.

The former president has acknowledged traveling on Epstein’s private plane during Clinton Foundation trips before the financier was charged with any sex crimes, but he denies wrongdoing and says he cut ties with Epstein years before his 2006 arrest.

No evidence has emerged to suggest that either Bill or Hillary Clinton were involved in criminal conduct related to Epstein.