Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday lashed out at House Republicans investigating ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, accusing them of staging a “kangaroo court” and demanding that any testimony from him and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton be conducted in public rather than behind closed doors.

In a lengthy social media post, Clinton criticized House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., for requesting that the Clintons testify in a closed-door setting. Clinton claimed Republicans were attempting to manipulate the process for partisan gain rather than pursue legitimate fact-finding.

“I have called for the full release of the Epstein files. I have provided a sworn statement of what I know. And just this week, I’ve agreed to appear in person before the committee,” Clinton wrote. “But it’s still not enough for Republicans on the House Oversight Committee.”

The former president said Comer now wants testimony conducted with cameras present, but without public access, a setup Clinton argued serves political interests rather than transparency.

“Who benefits from this arrangement?” Clinton wrote. “It’s not Epstein’s victims who deserve justice. Not the public, who deserve the truth. It serves only partisan interests. This is not fact-finding, it’s pure politics.”

Clinton concluded by rejecting the closed-door format outright, saying he would only participate in a public hearing.

“I will not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court by a Republican Party running scared,” he wrote. “If they want answers, let’s stop the games & do this the right way: in a public hearing, where the American people can see for themselves what this is really about.”

The Clintons agreed to testify after Congress found both in contempt for refusing to produce documents related to Epstein, a billionaire financier who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

Despite their calls for transparency, the Clintons have resisted document requests for months and are now attempting to dictate the terms of congressional oversight, a stance Republicans argue undermines the very accountability they claim to support.