Former President Bill Clinton testified under oath regarding whether President Donald Trump was involved with Jeffrey Epstein during the ongoing congressional investigation.
Clinton was on Friday, February 27, questioned by the House Oversight Committee as part of the investigation into Epstein’s network. He testified under oath about his past contacts with Epstein and his knowledge of others associated with him.
According to remarks made by House Oversight Committee Chairman Representative James Comer after his deposition before the committee, the former president reportedly told lawmakers he did not know of any involvement by President Trump in Epstein’s activities.
Comer told reporters that Clinton made comments addressing Trump’s possible links to Epstein during the closed-door session.
“President Clinton said that’s for you to decide, and the president went on to say that President Trump has never said anything to me to make me think he was involved — and he meant with Epstein.”Â
Comer described Clinton’s statement as significant, given the public interest in Epstein’s relationships with prominent figures.
“I know there’s a lot of curiosity about President Trump. I thought that was an interesting thing that President Clinton said,” Comer added.
President Trump briefly addressed Clinton’s deposition while speaking to reporters on Friday before leaving the White House for Texas.
“I don’t like seeing him deposed,” Trump said, referring to the former president’s testimony before Congress.
Clinton denies knowledge of abuse
Earlier, Clinton in a prepared opening statement released by his office, said he never witnessed any indication of Epstein’s criminal activities during the time they were acquainted.
“I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” Clinton said in the statement prepared for delivery before the committee. “I saw nothing that ever gave me pause.”
Clinton described his relationship with Epstein as limited and stated it ended years before Epstein’s crimes became public.
“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 am here to offer what little I know,” he said.
He told lawmakers he agreed to testify to help ensure justice and healing for Epstein’s victims.
“The girls and women whose lives Jeffrey Epstein destroyed deserve not only justice, but healing,” the statement adds.
Clinton stated he would not speculate during his testimony and cautioned that he might often respond that he does not recall events from decades ago.
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The former president stated that Epstein concealed his criminal activities for years and maintained he would have reported him if he had known about the abuse.
“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,” he said.
“We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long.”
Defends of wife HillaryÂ
During his prepared remarks, Clinton also criticized Republicans for subpoenaing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to testify before the committee.
“You made Hillary come in. She had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Nothing,” Clinton said.
“She has no memory of even meeting him. She neither traveled with him nor visited any of his properties.”
He argued that including her in the investigation was unwarranted and politically motivated.
“Whether you subpoenaed 10 people or 10,000, including her, was simply not right,” the statements adds.
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Bill and Hillary Clinton initially resisted the subpoenas, describing them as partisan, before agreeing to testify. They also requested public proceedings, which Republicans declined.
The former president presented his testimony as a civic responsibility and stressed the importance of honesty in public life.
“America was built upon the idea that no person is above the law, even presidents — especially presidents,” Clinton said.
He added that both lawmakers and witnesses owe the public accurate information.
“Each and every one of us owes nothing less than truth and accuracy to the American people,” Clinton said.
Clinton said he was prepared to answer questions “consistent with the facts as I know them: the legitimate, the logical, and even the outlandish.”
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