Videos of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton answering questions about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released on Monday by a US House committee investigating the late financier. The recordings, spanning hours over two days last week, show both Clintons distancing themselves from Epstein.
Bill Clinton, the former US president, told the committee that he ended his relationship with Epstein years before the financier's 2008 guilty plea for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl. He said he first remembered meeting Epstein in 2002 on his private jet for humanitarian work, and they parted ways the following year. 'There’s nothing that I saw when I was around him that made me realise he was trafficking women,' he said.
Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state, said she never recalled meeting Epstein. During her deposition, she criticised Republicans on the House oversight committee for a lack of transparency, stating: 'You have held zero public hearings, refused to allow the media to attend them ... This institutional failure is designed to protect one political party and one public official.'
Footage also captured Hillary Clinton reacting to Representative Lauren Boebert sharing an unauthorised photo with a conservative YouTuber. 'I’m done with this. If you guys are doing that, I am done. You can hold me in contempt from now until the cows come home,' she said. Boebert responded that she would remove the photo. Both Clintons faced hours of questioning under oath as lawmakers seek accountability regarding Epstein's abuse of underage girls.
