Hillary Clinton Deposition Paused After Photo Leak; Bill Clinton to Testify in Chappaqua
The closed-door deposition of hillary clinton was abruptly paused after a Republican member of the House Oversight Committee shared a photograph of the proceeding with a conservative influencer, prompting committee staff to halt the session. The interruption comes as the committee prepares to depose former President Bill Clinton one day later, in what investigators say will be an even longer session.
Hillary Clinton deposition paused after Lauren Boebert shared photo
The committee stopped the deposition after Representative Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., provided a photograph of Hillary Clinton in the closed-door proceeding to Benny Johnson, a right-wing YouTuber, who then posted the image online. Boebert left the deposition and was defiant when questioned by reporters, responding "Why not?" when asked why she had shared the image and saying she admired Clinton's blue suit and wanted to show it to everyone. The committee's rules bar outside press or photographers from taking pictures of the depositions.
Committee video recording and attorney review
The deposition is being recorded on video, but Committee Chair James Comer has said that the recording will be released only after Hillary Clinton's attorneys have had an opportunity to review it. The pause followed the unauthorized sharing of a still image, and staffers moved to secure the closed setting while counsel and committee officials addressed the breach.
Bill Clinton to face Republicans in Chappaqua on Friday
One day after the halted session, Bill Clinton is set to be deposed in a closed-door meeting with the Republican-led House Oversight Committee in Chappaqua, New York, where the Clintons have a house. Comer said he expected the former president's deposition to take "even longer. " The scheduling makes Bill Clinton the first sitting or former president to testify before members of Congress in more than 40 years.
Sworn declarations and subpoena history
Both Clintons previously provided sworn declarations to the committee last month stating they had "no personal knowledge" of any "criminal activities" by Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell. The Oversight Committee issued subpoenas in August to the Clintons and several former top Justice Department officials as part of its investigation. After months of back-and-forth, the former first couple agreed to testify as the House was moving toward votes on contempt resolutions for the Clintons.
Evidence in the Epstein probes and disputed travel claims
Files released in the Epstein investigations include numerous pictures showing Bill Clinton with Epstein and Maxwell; some images show him in a hot tub, swimming in a pool with Maxwell and sitting at a table with a woman on his leg. The pictures are undated and it is unclear where they were taken, and committee materials indicate that none of the images suggest wrongdoing. Bill Clinton has acknowledged flying on Epstein's plane in 2002 and 2003 while traveling internationally for the Clinton Foundation and wrote in a declaration that Epstein "offered a plane that was big enough to accommodate me, my staff and my U. S. Secret Service detail, in support of visiting the Foundation's philanthropic work. " He said he was never to Epstein's island and wrote, "I do not recall speaking to Mr. Epstein for more than a decade prior to his 2019 arrest. "
Conflicting public claims and justice department records
President Donald Trump has accused Bill Clinton of taking dozens of trips to Epstein's island in the Caribbean, a claim Clinton said was false in his declaration. White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said last year that Trump "was wrong about that. " Emails released by the Justice Department under the Epstein Files Transparency Act also indicated that Clinton did not go to the island, and Maxwell said in an interview with a top Justice Department official last year that he had never been there. Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida in 2008 to state charges of soliciting a minor and later died in jail while awaiting trial on federal charges. Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking charges in 2021 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
Scene in Chappaqua and photographic documentation
On the day Hillary Clinton appeared for her deposition in the Oversight Committee investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, vehicles of a motorcade believed to be carrying the former secretary of state arrived at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center. That arrival took place on Feb. 26, 2026, and was captured in a photograph taken by Shannon Stapleton of.
What makes this notable is the convergence of a rare presidential-era testimony with a procedural breach that forced the committee to pause a high-profile witness, underscoring both the unusual legal reach of the inquiry and the partisan tensions surrounding its conduct.
