Former United States president Bill Clinton denied wrongdoing on Friday to a congressional panel probing his links to Jeffrey Epstein, as Democrats seek to shift focus onto President Donald Trump’s own ties to the notorious sex offender.
Clinton maintains that he severed links long before the infamous billionaire was found guilty of sex charges in 2008, despite the fact that he is heavily featured in the Epstein files.
“I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” Clinton said in his opening statement, shared on social media.
As Democrats look to focus on Donald Trump’s personal connections to the infamous sex offender, former US President Bill Clinton denied any wrongdoing Friday before a Senate panel looking into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Nancy Mace, a Republican colleague of Comer’s, claimed that his testimony contained “inconsistencies” without offering any concrete instances.
The committee’s Democrats have reaffirmed their demand that Trump, who has established ties to Epstein, be questioned.
“Let’s be real, we are talking to the wrong president,” said Democrat committee member Suhas Subramanyam, who also emphasized that Clinton had not dodged any questions.
Clinton stated in his remarks that “no person is above the law, even presidents — especially presidents.”
Trump told reporters that he loves Clinton, “and I don’t like seeing him deposed,” reiterating his cynicism about the entire process.
Like Trump, Clinton has not been charged with a crime or been the subject of a formal investigation, and being referenced in the documents made public by the US Department of Justice does not suggest misconduct.
Clinton comes after his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who boldly demanded that Trump testify before the panel during her testimony on Thursday.
The lawmakers should ask Trump “directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he shows up in the Epstein files,” she said.
The depositions are being held behind closed doors, with Bill Clinton likening the proceedings to a “kangaroo court.” The couple has called for them to be open and televised.
Hillary Clinton claimed she had never met Epstein or been to the properties where he reportedly trafficked young women and girls and invited prominent corporate and political individuals.
Bill Clinton admitted to having a lot of conversations with Epstein, but he denied ever going to the financier’s notorious private island in the Caribbean.
Before being put on trial for sex trafficking, Epstein passed away in a New York jail cell in 2019 after being found guilty in 2008 of soliciting sex from girls as young as 14. Although Epstein’s death was determined to be a suicide, he remains the focus of graphic conspiracy theories, just like many others.
The Democratic power couple consented to testify when House Republicans threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress, despite the Clintons’ initial refusal to comply with subpoenas.
Democrats claim that rather than carrying out proper supervision, the inquiry is being used as a weapon to disparage Trump’s political rivals.
One of the previously unreleased photos from the files shows Bill Clinton lounging in a hot tub, with a bold black rectangle blocking out part of the image.
Another shows him swimming with a dark-haired woman who looks to be Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s accomplice.
He has admitted to using Epstein’s private aircraft on multiple occasions in the early 2000s for humanitarian purposes connected to the Clinton Foundation.
“Jeffrey Epstein was in the White House 17 times while Bill Clinton was president. We know that Bill Clinton flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane at least 27 times. So those are questions that we’re going to ask,” said Comer.
“Not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had had any inkling of what he was doing—I would have turned him in,” Clinton stated in his opening remarks.
Dozens of reporters and Secret Service agents have gathered in Chappaqua, New York, the Clintons’ home, where the depositions are being conducted.
