Former President Bill Clinton told lawmakers on Friday that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, and had stopped associating with the financier long before his wrongdoing came to light.
“I had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing,” Clinton said in the opening statement of his deposition in the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee’s Epstein investigation, which he shared on X on Friday. “I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong.”
“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,” he continued.
Clinton is testifying before the House Oversight Committee on Friday after the committee subpoenaed both the former President and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as part of the panel’s inquiry into Epstein. Hillary Clinton appeared before the committee on Thursday. The depositions are being conducted behind closed doors, but videos and transcripts of the proceedings will be made public afterwards, a committee spokesperson confirmed.
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In January, the Clintons refused to testify in the inquiry, saying that they had already shared what little information they had about Epstein and Epstein’s longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, with lawmakers. The couple ultimately agreed to testify in the panel’s investigation earlier in this month, however, after Republicans sought to hold them in contempt of Congress.
Bill Clinton is among a number of high-profile people who had ties to Epstein. The former President’s name and photo appear a number of times in the so-called “Epstein files,” the documents related to the investigations into Epstein that have been released by the Justice Department. While Hillary Clinton’s name also appears in the files, nothing in those records appears to establish a personal connection between her and the disgraced financier. The Clintons have not been accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein and Maxwell.
In his opening statement to the House Oversight Committee, Bill Clinton criticized the panel for calling his wife to testify.
“Before we start, I have to get personal,” he said. “You made Hillary come in. She had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Nothing. She has no memory of even meeting him. She neither traveled with him nor visited any of his properties. Whether you subpoenaed 10 people or 10,000, including her was simply not right.”
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He went on to stress that he had no knowledge of the late sex offender’s crimes.
“Even with 20/20 hindsight, I saw nothing that ever gave me pause,” he said. “We are only here because [Epstein] hid it from everyone so well for so long. And by the time it came to light with his 2008 guilty plea, I had long stopped associating with him.”
Hillary Clinton also slammed lawmakers in her opening statement on Thursday, accusing the Republican-controlled panel of compelling her to testify “fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump’s actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers.”
NPR and the New York Times reported earlier this week that the Justice Department didn’t include in its public release of documents a number of files related to a woman who alleged that Trump sexually abused her when she was a minor. After that news broke, Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, said in a press release that Democrats on the committee “can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes.” He said that Democrats on the panel would launch an investigation into the matter.
Trump’s name and photo appear in the files released by the Justice Department, and his past relationship with Epstein has generated renewed controversy in recent months as the President and his Administration have faced criticism over their handling of the Epstein files. The President has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and has said that he had no knowledge of the financier’s crimes. In a statement to both NPR and the Times, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said that Trump has been “totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein.”
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