“Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, no matter the consequences,” the ex-first couple wrote to Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), according to a letter first reported by the New York Times.

“For us, now is that time,” the former first couple added.

Comer had warned he would begin proceedings to hold the Clintons in contempt if they did not appear for depositions about their personal relationship with the deceased sex trafficker.