Video Shows Clinton Recounting Epstein Meetings, Comments on Trump
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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released full video of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimonies about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The depositions for each before the bipartisan panel lasted 4.5 hours. Hillary Clinton was deposed last Thursday. Bill Clinton was deposed on Friday, the first time a former president has been compelled to testify before Congress.
Clinton said he first flew on Epstein’s plane in 2002 and took trips to Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Clinton said his former treasury secretary, Larry Summers introduced him to Epstein. He said that Epstein was interested in funding brain research and other humanitarian work.
“He knew I was planning to set up a global network to provide lots of AIDS medicine to as many people as possible as quickly as possible,” Clinton said of Epstein.
Clinton said his relationship with Epstein ended when the humanitarian team expanded.
“A lot of other people who might do better, and who really cared about the work, came forward,” Clinton said
The former president said Epstein “never asked me anything untoward.”
He later added, “There was nothing that I saw when I was around him. It made me realize he was trafficking women.”
During the Democrats’ questioning, Clinton was asked if he was aware of President Donald Trump’s interaction with Epstein.
“I don’t want to leave the impression, since there was no follow up question, he never, the president never, this was 20-something years ago, never said anything to me to think he was involved in anything improper with regard to Epstein, he just didn’t,” Clinton said.
Hillary Clinton was asked how she felt about photos of her husband in the pool at the home of Epstein, which were published in batches of the Epstein files released by the Justice Department. The former secretary of state replied she was not there to provide opinions.
This is a developing story