The biggest mistake House Republicans have made so far in their effort to cover up the Epstein scandal for Donald Trump’s benefit was subpoenaing former President Bill Clinton.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) appeared to be working on a plan designed by Donald Trump to shift his Jeffrey Epstein problem onto Bill Clinton.
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Using the Clintons as a distraction and cover for his own behavior is what got Trump into the White House in 2026, when the then-candidate managed to make the 2016 presidential election all about Hillary Clinton while hiding his own scandals in plain sight.
Blaming the Clintons has already worked for Trump, and since Trump is unoriginal to his core, he has ordered Republicans to return to that playbook again in dealing with the Epstein scandal.
When Republicans on the House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Bill Clinton, they set a precedent that would come back to haunt them.
Alarm bells should have been ringing in their heads when the former president and first lady finally agreed to speak with the committee. Speaker Comer and House Republicans should have realized they were being set up, and on Sunday, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) confirmed what was going to happen once Democrats retake the majority in the House.
Watch and read what Democrats have planned for Trump below.