Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State, have agreed to testify in the congressional investigation into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
It comes days before a vote on whether to hold the couple in criminal contempt for refusing to appear before the House Oversight Committee after a months-long standoff.
Bill Clinton was acquainted with Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, but has denied knowledge of his sex offending and says he cut off contact two decades ago.
Former President Clinton will appear for a deposition on February 27, and former Secretary Clinton will appear on February 26.
This will mark the first time a former US president has testified to a congressional panel since Gerald Ford did so in 1983.
The House Oversight Committee has asked for the depositions to be filmed and transcribed, with no time limit.
On Tuesday, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer stated, Republicans and Democrats on the Oversight Committee have been clear: no one is above the law - and that includes the Clintons.
The Clintons had long resisted a demand to appear before the committee, asserting they had already provided sworn statements representing the limited information they had on Epstein.
They dismissed the legal summonses issued by the committee as nothing more than a ploy to politically embarrass rivals.
Last month, the committee approved measures to hold the Clintons in contempt, backed by some Democrats.
As negotiations unfolded, the Clintons' offer focused on providing limited testimony that raised concerns among lawmakers about potential stonewalling. Yet, on Monday evening, news confirmed they would appear before the panel.
Hillary Clinton has maintained that she has never met or spoken to Epstein, while neither Clinton has been implicated in any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein's victims.
