Hillary Clinton and hillary clinton Deny Knowing Epstein or His Crimes in a Tense Deposition
Former Secretary of State hillary clinton was questioned for roughly six hours about what she knew of Jeffrey Epstein and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, part of a House Oversight Committee probe that will put former President Bill Clinton into a closed-door deposition one day later. The sessions come as Republican investigators press a rare line of inquiry that has led to subpoenas and sworn declarations from the former first couple.
Hillary Clinton questioned about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell for around six hours
The committee questioned hillary clinton for about six hours about what she knew about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The questioning was part of a broader Oversight Committee inquiry led by Republicans that has subpoenaed the Clintons and several former top Justice Department officials.
Bill Clinton to be deposed Friday in Chappaqua; Comer expects a longer session
Former President Bill Clinton is set to face questions Friday from members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The deposition will be held in a closed-door setting in Chappaqua, New York, where the Clintons have a house. Committee chair James Comer, R-Ky., said he expected the former president's deposition to take "even longer. "
Sworn declarations say the Clintons had no personal knowledge of criminal activity; Bill Clinton acknowledges flights
The Clintons told the committee in sworn declarations last month that they had "no personal knowledge" of any "criminal activities" by Epstein or Maxwell. hillary clinton has said she has no recollection of ever having met Epstein, while Bill Clinton acknowledged he flew on Epstein's plane in 2002 and 2003 while he was traveling internationally for the Clinton Foundation. In his declaration, Clinton said Epstein "offered a plane that was big enough to accommodate me, my staff and my U. S. Secret Service detail, in support of visiting the Foundation's philanthropic work. "
Claims about Epstein's island, emails and Maxwell's interview
President Donald Trump has accused Clinton of having taken dozens of trips to Epstein's island in the Caribbean, but Bill Clinton said in his declaration that he was never there. White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said last year that Trump "was wrong about that. " Emails by Epstein that the Justice Department released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act also indicated that Clinton did not go to the island, and Maxwell said in an interview with a top Justice Department official last year that he had never been there.
Epstein's convictions, Maxwell's sentence, photos and the rare precedent of presidential testimony
Clinton's declaration added, "I do not recall speaking to Mr. Epstein for more than a decade prior to his 2019 arrest" on sex trafficking charges. Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to state charges of soliciting a minor in 2008 and died in jail while he was awaiting trial on federal charges. Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking charges in 2021 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
Files released in the probes include numerous pictures of Bill Clinton with Epstein and Maxwell. In some of the photos, Clinton is shown in a hot tub, swimming in a pool with Maxwell and sitting at a table with a woman sitting on his leg. The pictures are undated, and it is unclear where they were taken; none suggest any wrongdoing.
The Oversight Committee in August subpoenaed the Clintons and several former top Justice Department officials to testify about Epstein. After months of back and forth, the former first couple agreed to testify as the House was moving toward voting on contempt resolutions for the Clintons. It is very rare for a sitting or former president to appear before members of Congress: the last to do so was former President Gerald R. Ford in 1983, when he testified before a Senate subcommittee about planning for the bicentennial of the Constitution. Ford also answered questions from Congress as president in 1974, appearing before a House subcommittee to testify about his pardon of Richard M. Nixon, his predecessor.
The Democratic-led House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol subpoenaed Donald Trump to testify in 2022. Trump challenged that subpoena with his then-lawyer David Warrington; further detail on that challenge is unclear in the provided context.
