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In forcing the Clintons to testify on Epstein, Comer sets a new precedent
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Mr James Comer’s move was a rare power play by a Republican lawmaker at a time when the GOP-led House and Senate have ceded much of their power to the White House.
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Annie Karni
WASHINGTON – In the long-running power struggle between the legislative and executive branches, a House Republican’s success this week at forcing a former president to agree to be deposed in a congressional investigation counted as a triumph for Congress.
The victory of Representative James Comer of Kentucky, chairman of the Oversight Committee, in a months-long battle with Mr Bill Clinton and Mrs Hillary Clinton over testifying on Capitol Hill in his panel’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation
