Just a few weeks ago, Bill and Hillary Clinton were digging in their little heels and refusing to testify about their close ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The message from Team Clinton was clear: they weren’t interested in cooperating, and they were prepared to fight any effort to drag them into sworn testimony
Then, almost overnight, everything changed.
Suddenly, the same power couple that had brushed off congressional demands reversed course and agreed to sit for filmed, transcribed depositions. So, what happened? Well, officially, their change of heart came after the threat of contempt of Congress charges. But that explanation doesn’t quite hold all the water. There’s more to it. After all, the Clintons knew contempt was always on the table when they skipped their original testimony date. That risk wasn’t new.
So what really happened?
According to House Oversight Chairman James Comer, the Clintons weren’t rattled by Republican pressure. Why would they be? Republicans are a joke, and the Clintons know it.
But they were scared…
They were rattled by something far more dangerous to their brand and political survival: Democrats.
The left was preparing to join Republicans and throw Bill and Hill under the bus.
And that was a political nightmare the Clintons couldn’t afford to dabble in.
Comer says the turning point came when bipartisan momentum began building behind contempt proceedings, catching the Clintons completely off guard and forcing a rapid strategic retreat.
If Comer’s right, the Clintons didn’t suddenly decide transparency was the right thing to do. They recognized they were about to lose the only protection that has historically shielded them from serious political damage: party loyalty.