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House Republicans are starting a push to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. This opens up the prospect of the House using one of its most powerful punishments against a former president for the first time. The contempt proceedings are an initial step toward a criminal prosecution by the Department of Justice that could send the Clintons to prison. Oversight Committee chairman Rep. James Comer initiated the contempt proceedings after the Clintons refused for months to fulfill a House Oversight Committee subpoena for their testimony in the panel’s Epstein investigation. The Clintons argue the subpoenas are invalid.