Hillary Clinton denied any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and only a casual acquaintance with Ghislaine Maxwell
Clinton frequently deferred questions about Epstein and Maxwell to her husband, former President Bill Clinton
The testimony followed a subpoena from Republicans investigating the Clintons' relationship with Epstein and Maxwell
Clinton criticized the committee for not focusing on those who appear more prominently in the Epstein files
Democrats accused Republicans of conducting a cover-up while noting the Justice Department has withheld documents
📖 Full Retelling
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a House panel Thursday at the Performing Arts Center in Chappaqua, New York, that she knows nothing about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking crimes and was only a casual acquaintance of his accomplice girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, addressing questions about her relationship with the convicted sex offender. 'I answered every one of their questions as fully as I could, based on what I knew. I never met Jeffrey Epstein. Never had any connection or communication with him. I knew Ghislaine Maxwell casually as an acquaintance, but whatever they asked me, I did my very best to respond,' Mrs. Clinton told reporters after leaving the closed-door deposition. The testimony came after the Clintons faced a potential contempt-of-Congress vote and agreed to appear privately before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, with Bill Clinton scheduled to testify the following day. Republicans noted that Clinton frequently deferred to her husband when asked about Epstein, Maxwell, and their involvement with the Clinton Global Initiative, with Chairman James Comer stating she said 'I don't know, you'll have to ask my husband' more than a dozen times during the hours-long questioning.
🏷️ Themes
Political Investigations, Sex Trafficking Scandal, Congressional Oversight
Standing committee of the United States House of Representatives
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is the main investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. The committee's broad jurisdiction and legislative authority make it one of the most influential and powerful panels in the House. Its chair is one of only three in the...
American financier and child sex offender (1953–2019)
# Jeffrey Edward Epstein
**Jeffrey Edward Epstein** (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and convicted sex offender. He is notorious for orchestrating a massive human trafficking ring, procuring at least 1,000 underage girls and young women for sexual exploitation by himse...
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and the first lady of the United St...
Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell (born 25 December 1961) is a British former socialite. In 2021, she was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offences in connection with the deceased American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In 2022, she was sentenced to 20 years of im...
Sex trafficking is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Perpetrators of the crime are called sex traffickers or sometimes pimps—people who manipulate victims to engage in various forms of commercial sex with paying customers. Sex traffickers use force, fraud, and coercion as the...
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