The powerful House Oversight Committee dropped footage Monday of its hours-long sworn depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton last week in New York as part of its probe into late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Both of the Clintons vehemently denied any knowledge of Epstein’s sex crimes, with Hillary insisting she didn’t even know the notorious financier and the 42nd president stressing he “did nothing wrong.”
“I saw nothing that ever gave me pause,” the former president told members of the Oversight panel during a deposition in the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center last week.
Back in August, the Oversight panel subpoenaed the Clintons and eight others for testimony about Epstein. Initially, the Clintons refused to testify, accusing Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), in a January letter, of “trying to punish those who you see as your enemies.”
But after several Democrats joined Republicans in advancing a contempt of Congress measure against the Clintons, the former first couple caved.
You can watch the full 4-hour and 35-minute-long video of Hillary here and the 4-hour and 33-minute-long video of Bill here.
“You have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump’s actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers,” Hillary chastized the Oversight panel during her testimony.
She ripped into the panel, accusing it of exhibiting an “abdication of duty and an insult to the American people,” for neglecting to go after individuals who had close ties to Epstein.
Her deposition was interrupted after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Col.) snapped a picture of her in violation of the agreed-upon rules and shared that photo with conservative pundit Benny Johnson, who posted it on social media.
Hillary later took questions from the press and revealed publicly for the first time why Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, was at her daughter, Chelsea’s, 2010 wedding, revealing that she was a “guest of someone who was invited.”
Bill, who, unlike his wife, had been shown in public photos of being next to Epstein, fielded questions about his ties to the disgraced financier and travels on his infamous plane.
He also denied having sex with a mystery woman pictured next to him in a hot tub decades ago that had been released in the Epstein files.
The 42nd president also noted that Trump didn’t leave him with the impression that he had been super close to Epstein, according to Comer.
Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight panel, has signaled that Dems will seek to force President Trump to testify if they take over the House in the future.
“This committee has now set a new precedent about talking to presidents and former presidents,” Garcia told reporters last week in the middle of Hillary’s deposition.
“We’re demanding immediately that we ask President Trump to testify in front of our committee and be deposed in front of Oversight Republicans and Democrats.”
Trump has lamented the subpoena fight with the Clintons, telling reporters, “I like Bill Clinton. I don’t like seeing him deposed… But they certainly went after me a lot more than that.”
Trump had been friends with Epstein for years, but claims to have had a falling out with him years ago and has vehemently denied any ties to his sex crimes.
