Donald Trump is already facing fallout as his Republican allies drag the Clintons to testify over their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Hillary Clinton arrived for a closed-door deposition on Thursday at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, near the Clintons’ home in Westchester County, New York. 

The former Secretary of State is being deposed today, while her husband Bill’s testimony will follow on Friday. Hillary claims she never met Epstein and only met the pedophile’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell on a few occasions.

Lawmakers speaking ahead of the hearing were asked whether they planned to ask Hillary about an email in the Epstein files which shows Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick emailed the pedophile about Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

‘It will be on my list,’ Republican Representative Nancy Mace told reporters. 

In November 2015, Epstein’s assistant forwarded him an invitation from Lutnick to a ‘very intimate fundraising event’ at his financial firm for then-presidential candidate Hillary.

It is unclear whether Epstein attended the event. He made no donations to her campaign, according to filings from the Federal Elections Commission. Lutnick donated $2,700 to her campaign, the maximum allowed by law at that time.

Bill’s historic deposition tomorrow will be the first time a former president has been compelled to testify in a congressional investigation against his will. The Clintons finally agreed to the deposition after being threatened with contempt charges.

Vehicles of the motorcade believed to be carrying former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, on the day Hillary Clinton appears for a deposition in the House Oversight Committee investigation of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in Chappaqua, New York

Bill Clinton and an unidentified woman are pictured on a private jet in the latest release of the Epstein files. The former president said he only ever traveled with the pedophile for charity work

Former President Bill Clinton in a hot tub and a woman whose face has been redacted are seen in another image from the files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Representative James Comer speaks to the media on the day of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appearance for a deposition in the House Oversight Committee investigation of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Chappaqua, New York, Thursday

Republicans, who hold the majority on the House Oversight Committee, drove the effort to bring the Clintons to testify as Donald Trump faced pressure to release the Epstein files. 

Democrat lawmakers are also attending the deposition which forms part of a broader congressional effort to investigate the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein case. 

Ahead of the hearing, James Comer, the Republican chair of the Oversight Committee, told reporters: ‘Today is going to be a long day, and tomorrow is going to be even longer.’ 

Republicans told the Daily Mail that they expected the Clintons will prove worthy adversaries under questioning, but claimed that new evidence against Bill – including photos of him swimming with Maxwell – provided ample ammunition.

Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida told the Daily Mail: ‘Bill in a pool, Bill on the plane, I think there needs to be a comprehensive review.’

‘I think what the American people are looking for right now is true accountability from people in power who were a part of sexualizing and abusing young women,’ he added. 

Clinton denies all wrongdoing, as does Hillary, who claims that she never met Epstein but acknowledges meeting Maxwell on several occasions.

Republicans anticipate the veteran politicians, no strangers to allegations of impropriety, to be combative witnesses. 

Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton and an unidentified man in a photo from the Epstein files

A police officer looks on as members of the media gather outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, ahead of a deposition with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in Chappaqua, New York, on Thursday

Hillary said in a BBC interview last week that she and Bill are ‘more than happy to say what we know, which is very limited and totally unrelated to their behavior or their crimes’

President Clinton and wife Hillary share a tender moment during an East Room ceremony at the White House in Washington, July 17, 1996

Rep. John McGuire of Virginia said: ‘No matter what we do, I think they are going to plead the fifth or play games, but we are going to give them the facts and expose them to the American people.’

Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin said he hopes the depositions will expose others in Epstein’s orbit. 

‘I’d like to know more about the people around Epstein, because maybe they will shed a light on what Bill was doing when he had contact with Epstein, and maybe give us the names of some more of the little people who know what’s going on,’ Grothman told the Daily Mail.

‘We know that there are people out there who have said that they saw Bill on Epstein Island …  we would like to track that down. Shouldn’t we, for history’s purposes?’

Dani Bensky, an Epstein survivor who attended Tuesday’s State of the Union as a guest of Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, said lawmakers should cast a wide net when questioning the Clintons. 

She told the Daily Mail that ‘it’s really broad strokes’ that lawmakers should use when questioning the Clintons.

‘I think anything that they know about, anything that they were even around for, I think they really just need to talk about every event they ever attended,’ Bensky noted, before adding that the more information the Clintons give, ‘the better.’

Epstein and Maxwell also appear to have played a key role in setting up the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative, according to the Epstein files. 

Maxwell herself was deposed as part of the bipartisan congressional investigation into the Justice Department’s prosecution and handling of the Epstein case, during which she pleaded the Fifth Amendment to prevent self-incrimination.

Hillary said in a BBC interview last week that she and Bill are ‘more than happy to say what we know, which is very limited and totally unrelated to their behavior or their crimes.’ 

House Oversight Chairman James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, noted in a press statement earlier this week that ‘the Clintons’ testimony is critical to understanding Epstein and Maxwell’s sex trafficking network and the ways they sought to curry favor and influence to shield themselves from scrutiny.’

‘Their testimony may also inform how Congress can strengthen laws to better combat human trafficking. Our goal for this investigation is straightforward: we seek to deliver transparency and accountability for the American people and for survivors,’ Comer added.

The Daily Mail has contacted the Clintons for comment.