Former President Bill Clinton has spoken publicly for the first time following his six-hour testimony to the House Oversight Committee regarding his ties to deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. In a video recorded near his home in Chappaqua, New York, the 79-year-old denied knowing anything about Epstein's criminal enterprise.
Clinton claimed to have had 'limited interactions' with Epstein, despite his name appearing thousands of times in a recent Department of Justice release. He stated, 'Though my brief acquaintance with Epstein ended years before his crimes came to light, and though I never witnessed during our limited interactions any indication of what was truly going on, I offered the little I do know in hopes that it might prevent anything like this from ever happening again.'
He also made a personal defence of his wife, Hillary Clinton, saying she 'had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein, nothing. She has no memory of even meeting him.' He described Republican demands for her testimony as 'simply not right.'
In the video, Clinton called for the full release of Epstein files by the Department of Justice and urged others with ties to Epstein to testify before Congress. He said, 'When the video of my testimony today is released, I hope it will motivate everyone to go in front of Congress and say what they know.'
Clinton also appeared to absolve Donald Trump, stating that Trump told him he was no longer friends with Epstein over two decades ago at a golf tournament. The White House reiterated that Trump kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago for 'being a creep.'
