The former president and first lady have taken an extraordinary step that could land them in serious legal trouble.
Welcome to our coverage of US politics from Wednesday. Thursday’s US blog can be found here.
Bit going on, isn’t there? Donald Trump is threatening military intervention in Iran to aid protesters who are being murdered by the regime.
He’s also continuing to threaten Greenland, despite its status as the territory of a NATO ally.
His Department of Justice is going after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
The immigration enforcement agency ICE continues to get itself embroiled in daily confrontations with the public in Minnesota, where one agent shot dead Renee Good last week.
Meanwhile, Bill and Hillary Clinton have announced they will not comply with congressional subpoenas seeking testimony about their connections to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Read on for more updates from Wednesday.
Well this one’s going to get some mouths wagging.
Bill and Hillary Clinton have announced they will not comply with congressional subpoenas seeking testimony about their connections to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The subpoenas were handed down in August by the Republican-led House oversight committee after its chair, James Comer, announced a review of the government’s handling of Epstein.
In a letter sent to Comer on Monday, lawyers representing the former president and first lady argued that the subpoenas were “invalid and legally unenforceable, untethered to a valid legislative purpose, unwarranted because they do not seek pertinent information, and an unprecedented infringement on the separation of powers”.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday morning, local time, that US control of Greenland was “vital” for his planned Golden Dome air and missile defense system.
“The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building,” Mr Trump, who has repeatedly vowed to seize the Arctic island from ally Denmark, wrote on social media.
“NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES. Anything less than that is unacceptable.”
Mr Trump’s post came early on a day when top Danish and Greenlandic diplomats were to visit the White House for talks on Greenland with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
An Iranian protester is expected to be executed on Wednesday, local time, despite US President Donald Trump’s threats that “very strong action” will be taken if the if the Islamic republic goes ahead with hangings.
Erfan Soltani, 26, was arrested at his home in Fardis, west of Tehran on Thursday over alleged involvement in protests in the nation’s capital last week.
He was taken to the notorious Ghezel Hesar Prison where he was reportedly sentenced to death just days later.
“In an extremely rapid process, within just two days, the court issued a death sentence,” a relative of Mr Soltani told the BBC.
The US autoworker who yelled “pedophile protector” at Donald Trump during the president’s visit to a Ford factory in Michigan has now been suspended from his job at Ford.
TJ Sabula, 40, said he“no regrets” despite the incident drawing a middle finger and a “f*** you” from the commander-in-chief.
Sabula made the comment as Trump toured the Ford River Rouge complex in Dearborn on Tuesday. Video of the moment shows the president responding by mouthing off twice and raising his middle finger.
Sabula said he was later suspended from his job while Ford conducts an internal investigation into the incident. Despite the potential consequences, he said he stands by his actions.
The Iranian rial has crumbled further into the abyss, now trading on the open market at around 1,457,000 rials to the US dollar.
On Wednesday, Google’s currency exchange calculator showed the Euro trading for 1.27 million rials.
731,000 would earn you one Australian dollar.
In short, you’d have to be a multi-millionare in Iran right now to afford a Big Mac in the West.
