Hillary Clinton Denies Knowing Epstein or His Crimes in a Tense Deposition

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, denying under oath that she had ever met Jeffrey Epstein or been aware of his crimes during a more than six-hour closed-door deposition that grew contentious after a Republican lawmaker leaked an internal photograph to a right-wing blogger. The deposition marked Clinton's first appearance before the committee after months of resistance to testify regarding her connections to Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Clinton's reportedly grew increasingly tense as she fielded questions about her past associations with Epstein, despite her repeated assertions of no knowledge or relationship with him, with the situation escalating when a representative shared a photo from the deposition room with a conservative blogger, prompting outrage from Clinton's legal team and a brief suspension of proceedings.