A House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein made public video depositions from Bill and Hillary Clinton taken last week. Both former officials testified under oath about their connections to the convicted sex offender, with Bill Clinton saying he cut ties with Epstein in 2003.
A congressional committee made public on Monday video recordings showing former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton being questioned under oath about their connections to Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased financier who was convicted of sex crimes.
The depositions, recorded over multiple days last week and lasting several hours, revealed how both former officials sought to create distance between themselves and Epstein. The former president testified that he had severed ties with Epstein well before the financier pleaded guilty in 2008 to charges involving solicitation of prostitution from a minor.
According to Bill Clinton’s testimony, his initial encounter with Epstein occurred in 2002 when he traveled on Epstein’s aircraft for charitable endeavors involving the Clinton family, and their association concluded the following year.
“There’s nothing that I saw when I was around him that made me realize he was trafficking women,” Bill Clinton told the committee.
While records show Epstein made multiple visits to the White House during Clinton’s time in office and photographs exist of the two men meeting, the former president testified he could not remember those encounters.
Hillary Clinton testified that she had no recollection of ever encountering Epstein personally.
Despite their denials, both faced extensive questioning from legislators who are seeking to hold accountable anyone who may have known about or overlooked Epstein’s exploitation of minors.
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