House Cancels Contempt Vote As Clintons Agree to Testify on Epstein

House Republicans canceled a planned vote to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in criminal contempt after the Clintons agreed to be deposed this month and requested that the proceedings be public, a request the Republican chairman did not acknowledge.

Representative James R. Comer, the Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee, said in a statement that once a contempt vote became likely the Clintons "completely caved." The committee scheduled Mrs. Clinton to be deposed on Feb. 26 and Mr. Clinton on Feb. 27 for all-day depositions.

The Clintons had resisted subpoenas, calling them invalid and accusing Republicans of a political vendetta, and their lawyers said videotaping had been added for the first time and raised concerns about selective releases. A longtime Clinton adviser said Mr. Comer would have difficulty keeping the depositions behind closed doors.

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