India, Jan. 14 -- Former US President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday they will not comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

This comes even as Republicans prepare possible contempt of Congress proceedings against them.

In a letter released on social media, the Clintons called the House Oversight Committee probe "legally invalid" and said the process being pursued by committee chair James Comer was "literally designed to result in our imprisonment", according to a report by the Associated Press.

"We will forcefully defend ourselves," Clintons wrote.

They accused Comer of allowing other former officials to submit written statements about Ep...