Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, have agreed to testify before the United States Congress as part of the investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, the BBC reports.
The decision comes just days before a vote in the House of Representatives, which aimed to determine whether the Clintons would be held criminally liable for contempt of Congress, after they had refused to appear before the House Oversight Committee for months.
Bill Clinton has previously acknowledged that he had an acquaintance with Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, but has denied any knowledge of his criminal activity. He has said he cut off contact with him about two decades ago.
The date for the hearings has not yet been announced, but this will mark the first time a former US president has testified before a Congressional committee since 1983, when former President Gerald Ford testified.
The Republican-led Oversight Committee last month approved the measure to hold the Clintons in contempt of Congress, with the support of several Democratic lawmakers.
On Monday evening, Bill Clinton's deputy chief of staff, Angel Urena, confirmed through a post on the social network X that the couple will appear before the investigative committee.