Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she had no connection to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, maintaining that she “never knew Jeffrey Epstein” following a marathon, six-hour closed door deposition before Congress.
Clinton described the session as exhaustive, telling reporters that she responded to lawmakers’ queries in detail. “I answered every one of their questions as fully as I could,” she said, pushing back against any suggestion of ties to Epstein.
“I never met Jeffrey Epstein, never had any connection or communication with him.” She added: “I do not recall ever encountering Mr Epstein. I never went to his island. I never went to his home. I never went to his offices,” Clinton stated to reporters following the session in Chappaqua, New York.
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The deposition was mandated by the Republican led House Oversight Committee under the leadership of James Comer. It is part of the panel’s ongoing probe into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Epstein was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 as he awaited trial on federal sex trafficking charges. Maxwell, who was later convicted for her role in recruiting and grooming underage girls, is currently serving a 20 year prison sentence.
Speaking after the deposition, Hillary Clinton said she had “no idea about their criminal activities” and added that she was “horrified by what we have learned about their crimes”.
Clinton acknowledged that she knew Ghislaine Maxwell only “casually, as an acquaintance”. She said their interactions were limited to public settings, including events connected to the Clinton Foundation. Maxwell, she noted, attended her daughter’s wedding as the guest of another invitee.
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The hearing itself grew tense at moments. Clinton said the proceedings were briefly interrupted after a Republican lawmaker posted a photograph from inside the closed door session on social media, a move she pointed out was against committee rules.
She also pushed back strongly against lines of questioning that veered into conspiracy claims. Referring to queries about UFOs and the so called “Pizzagate” theory, she dismissed them as “vile, bogus conspiracy theories.”