India, Feb. 3 -- Former US President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify in a congressional investigation connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019.

Why Are the Clintons Being Called in the Epstein Investigation? Their decision comes just days before lawmakers were preparing to vote on whether to hold them in criminal contempt of Congress. This vote was linked to their earlier refusal to appear before the House Oversight Committee after a long dispute that lasted several months.

The House Oversight Committee, which is led by Republicans, approved a step late last month to move forward with contempt action. Some Democrats also supported this move.

However,...