Former US President Bill Clinton discussed Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and photographs of himself in a hot tub during his congressional hearing into the Epstein files last week.
Clinton is the first sitting or former president to be compelled to testify before Congress. During the hearing, the former president acknowledged flying on Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane, dubbed the “Lolita Express”.
But both he and Hillary Clinton, who testified a day earlier, denied knowledge of the crimes committed by the late paedophile financier, and have not been accused of wrongdoing by his victims.
Footage of the hearing, shared by the Oversight Committee on Monday evening, showed Clinton flicking through photographs and occasionally smiling, laughing and checking the time.
The hearing lasted for over four hours, and Clinton responded to a series of questions from lawmakers.
He repeated previous statements that he had no idea of any wrongdoing, saying: “As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing — I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes, not sweetheart deals.”
Clinton responded to old photographs
Footage of the hearing showed Clinton flicking through photographs.
At around one hour 17 minutes, Clinton is handed a document related to Epstein, which appeared to be a printout of an online news article containing a photograph. He points at it with his lawyer.
This is wildBill Clinton is going through Jeffrey Epstein documents during his hearingLook at his face. Look how happy and interested he is in looking back at these photosIt’s like he’s reminiscing and reliving it… Pure joy pic.twitter.com/uoYhkTgcNM
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) March 3, 2026Halfway through the deposition, Clinton was also asked about a photo of himself in a hot tub. He said he didn’t know the photo was being taken, but was “almost sure” it was in Brunei.
“The Sultan of Brunei was a man I had gotten to know well in my eight years as president,” Clinton said.
“He said ‘I want you to stay at this hotel and I hope you will use the pool’. So I did. And then I got out, and went to bed, exhausted”, he said, chuckling.
The photo shows a woman whose face is redacted. Clinton said he didn’t know who she was.
Another photograph from the trip shows Clinton swimming alongside someone who appears to be Ghislaine Maxwell and another person with their face redacted.
An undated photo provided by the US Justice Department showing Bill Clinton swimming alongside a dark-haired woman who appears to be Ghislaine Maxwell (Photo: US Department of Justice via Getty)Clinton said he did not know the identity of the redacted woman in the pool. He said there were other people in a larger pool area, but all were members of his travelling party and all were adults.
Clinton said Trump knew Epstein well
Clinton was asked whether Donald Trump, the current President, should be compelled to testify in front of the committee. He said that it was for the committee to decide, but that Trump “did know [Epstein] well”.
Clinton added that Trump “never said anything to me to make me think he was involved in anything improper with regard to Epstein either. He just didn’t. He just said: ‘We were friends and then we had a falling out over a land deal, property deal.'”
“That’s all,” Clinton added, recalling a conversation that had occurred in 2002 or 2003 on Trump’s golf course.
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were friends in the 1990s, before falling out (Photo: House Oversight Democrats / AFP via Getty Images)Clinton said that Trump had told him: “We’ve had some great times over the years. But we fell out. All because of a real estate deal.’ And he said: ‘I’m sorry that happened.’ That’s all.”
The Washington Post reported that Trump and Epstein fell out over the purchase of a Palm Beach mansion called Maison de l’Amitie.
The White House communications director, Steven Cheung, claimed last year that Trump had kicked Epstein out of his club “for being a creep”. Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.
Epstein was an ‘interesting man’
Clinton was asked about why his relationship with Epstein ended. The former President said he ended it in 2003 after he found donors who were better suited to support his charity, the Clinton Global Initiative.
“I thought Mr Epstein was an interesting man, but I didn’t think he was really interested in what I was doing,” Clinton said.
Bill Clinton and a woman whose face has been redacted in an image released by the Epstein estate (Photo: US Justice Department / Anadolu via Getty Images)Clinton said Epstein “never asked me anything untoward” but he felt Epstein had completed his contribution to his aid organisation and he “always tried not to overstay” his welcome regarding donors.
“I thought we’d done enough and it was time to start working with other people,” he said.
In his testimony, Clinton confirmed that he had written a note for Epstein’s 50th birthday book.
And at the end of the hearing, Clinton was also asked about allegations that he had tried to shut down a Vanity Fair article on Epstein. Smiling and laughing, he said “hell no”.
Hillary Clinton furious over leaked photo
Hillary Clinton, the former First Lady and Secretary of State, also testified last week, but her hearing was disrupted when one of her lawyers told the room that a photo from inside the deposition had been leaked to the media.
“I am done with this. If you guys are doing that, I am done,” she said. “You can hold me in contempt from now until the cows come home. This is just typical behaviour.”
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Lauren Boebert, a Republican congresswoman, admitted to sharing the photo, but said it was from before the hearing began.
“Oh for heaven’s sake,” the former presidential candidate said, before banging her fist on the table, adding: “It doesn’t matter. We are all abiding by the same rules.”
Following the incident, Hillary Clinton renewed her call that a full video and transcript of the deposition be released to the public, arguing that transparency was essential to restoring trust in the process.
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