⚖️ Bill and Hillary Clinton Should Be Arrested and Held in Contempt for Refusing to Testify Before Congress about Jeffrey Epstein

Democrats and Republicans voted in a bi-partisan vote to hold them in contempt. I strongly agree with this and now it should be enforced.

Bill and Hillary Clinton have refused to testify before Congress in the Jeffrey Epstein inquiry.

They were subpoenaed. They declined to show. And now the House Oversight Committee has moved to hold them in contempt.

Here’s my position: they should be treated like anybody else.

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Let me say this as plainly as I can: a congressional subpoena is not a suggestion. It’s a legal demand backed by the power of the state. If your name isn’t famous and you do what the Clintons just did, the system doesn’t write you a polite letter. It punishes you.

So why is America expected to accept “special rules” for Bill and Hillary Clinton?

I don’t accept this and you shouldn’t either.

And I’m not saying that because I’m trying to do anyone’s partisan bidding. I’ve never been interested in that kind of game. I’m saying it because I’m tired of watching powerful people build a two-tier justice system and then lecture the rest of us about “accountability.”

Accountability is not real if it only lands on poor people and nobodies.

What happened, in plain terms

The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton to testify in the Epstein investigation. According to reporting, they refused to appear for scheduled depositions and submitted a legal argument saying the subpoenas were “invalid and legally unenforceable.” They also said they had provided sworn statements and claimed they have no relevant knowledge.

Chair James Comer publicly said he would move to hold them in contempt—and then the committee voted to do exactly that.

Here’s what matters, and I want you to feel the weight of it:

• Comer said Jeffrey Epstein visited the White House 17 times while Bill Clinton was president.

• The contempt process, as described, includes potential penalties of a fine up to $100,000 and up to a year in jail if the Justice Department chooses to prosecute after a House referral.

• The Oversight Committee votes, as reported, were not razor-thin partisan stunts: nine Democrats voted to hold Bill Clinton in contempt, and three Democrats voted to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt—meaning even members of their own party recognized a basic truth: you can’t just ignore Congress because you’re you.

Now, I’m not here to declare anyone guilty of crimes Epstein committed. That’s not the point. The point is the rule of law.

If Congress is allowed to subpoena regular people, haul them in, and threaten them with contempt when they don’t comply, then the Clintons don’t get to float above the system like royalty.

This is the same fight, every time: elites demanding immunity

Here’s the pattern: powerful people insist the rules apply to everyone else. Then, when the rules come near them, they suddenly find a hundred reasons the rules shouldn’t apply.

They call it “invalid.”
They call it “political.”
They call it “harassment.”
They call it “separation of powers.”

But your average American—especially immigrants, poor folks, Black and Brown communities—doesn’t get that luxury. They get raids. They get cuffs. They get pretrial detention. They get coerced. They get punished for missing court dates.

So no—I’m not moved by the idea that the Clintons are uniquely too important or too dignified to sit for testimony.

If their position is truly that they have nothing relevant to say, then show up, tell the truth, and leave. That’s what the rest of us are expected to do.

And yes, Republicans are playing games too

Let’s not be naïve. Even the reporting acknowledges what a lot of people can see: Republicans have been eager to spotlight Epstein’s ties to prominent Democrats while deflecting attention from Donald Trump’s own history with Epstein and the fact that his administration closed aspects of the investigation without releasing key information.

Fine. I can hold two thoughts at once:

1. Republicans can be opportunists.

2. The Clintons can still be required to comply with lawful subpoenas.

Both can be true. And neither changes my position: the answer to political games is not elite immunity. The answer is full transparency—for everyone.

That means if you’re serious about Epstein, you don’t get to treat this like a partisan weapon. You release what should be released. You compel testimony where it’s lawful. You follow the facts wherever they lead—including toward Trump, including toward donors, including toward powerful friends, including toward anyone who was part of Epstein’s orbit.

Equal justice is supposed to mean equal.

Not “equal for my enemies.”

This is what I want to see happen

If Congress has the authority to compel testimony, then the consequences for defying that authority must be consistent.

If the House votes to refer contempt, the Justice Department must decide whether it will enforce the law—or admit, openly, that powerful people get different rules.

And if enforcement is selective, then call it what it is: not justice, but a caste system.

If regular people can be fined or jailed for ignoring a subpoena, then Bill and Hillary Clinton don’t get a pass. Equal justice or shut up about “accountability.”

Should contempt rules apply to former presidents the same way they apply to everyone else—yes or no?

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Love and appreciate each of you.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun

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