Former President Bill Clinton is set to testify behind closed doors on Friday (27 February) before a congressional panel about his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Clinton’s testimony, scheduled for 11am ET (1600 GMT), follows that of his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She told the House of Representatives Oversight Committee on Thursday that she does not recall ever meeting Epstein and had nothing to share regarding his sex crimes.
Bill Clinton, however, flew on Epstein’s plane several times in the early 2000s after leaving office. A tranche of millions of documents released by the Justice Department includes photographs of him with women whose faces are redacted.
He has denied wrongdoing and expressed regret for his association with Epstein.
The panel’s Republican chairman, Representative James Comer of Kentucky, has said the Clintons are not accused of wrongdoing but must answer questions about Epstein’s involvement with their charitable foundation.
The couple agreed to testify near their main residence in Chappaqua, New York, after the House of Representatives threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress for refusing to co-operate. Some Democrats supported the move.
Both Clintons have accused Republicans of conducting a partisan exercise designed to shield President Donald Trump from scrutiny, noting that others involved in the inquiry were permitted to submit written statements rather than testify in person.
Democrats have argued that the panel should also subpoena Trump, whose name appears frequently in the Epstein-related files. Trump socialised extensively with Epstein in the 1990s and 2000s, before Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor.
They have also accused Trump’s Justice Department of withholding records relating to a woman who alleged that Trump sexually abused her when she was a minor.
The Justice Department has said it is reviewing the material in question and will publish it if appropriate.
The department has previously cautioned that the material it has released includes unfounded allegations and sensational claims about Trump. Authorities have not accused him of any criminal wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.
Epstein died in jail in 2019 while facing U.S. federal sex-trafficking crimes. His death was ruled a suicide.
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Speaking during a closed-door deposition in New York on Thursday (February), former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she did not “recall” ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had “no knowledge of his crimes”.
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) documents have revealed the late Jeffrey Epstein’s extensive connections across politics, business and academia, prompting resignations, investigations and renewed public scrutiny of his influence.
House lawmakers are set to question former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, New York near their main residence, on Thursday (26 February) and Friday as part of Congress’s investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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