Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has agreed to testify in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, which is holding a hearing Wednesday on why the city has not responded to requests by George Washington University to clear an anti-Israel tent encampment.

Initially, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the committee, told Newsmax on Monday that he recently talked to Bowser, a Democrat, but she had not indicated whether she would testify. He said he expected her to testify but if she didn’t, the committee would be compelled to subpoena her.

But officials from the Oversight Committee, which has legislative authority over the District of Columbia, and the mayor’s office confirmed to the Washington Examiner and other media outlets that Bowser and D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith will testify.

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