Former US President Bill Clinton ordered to testify about Jeffrey Epstein

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  You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.

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  This edition is published in the early hours of Wednesday the 6th of August.

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  The former US President Bill Clinton is ordered to testify about Jeffrey Epstein,

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  along with Hillary Clinton and eight former justice officials.

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  It is rare for a former US president to be ordered to testify before Congress,

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  but Bill Clinton is one of ten people subpoenaed by a House of Representatives committee investigating the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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  Hillary Clinton is also on the list,

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  along with six former attorney generals and two former FBI directors.

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  They're due to give evidence over the next few months.

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