Hillary Clinton did not pull any punches in a recent interview with the BBC regarding President Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton has accused President Trump’s administration of a “cover-up” over its handling of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Get the files out. They are slow-walking it,” the former U.S. secretary of state told the BBC in Berlin, where she attended the annual World Forum.
The White House insisted that by releasing the files they had done “more for the victims than Democrats ever have.”
Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton have been asked to testify in relation to the Epstein investigation. Bill Clinton will make his appearance on Feb. 27 and Hillary Clinton will appear the day before.
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“We have nothing to hide. We have called for the full release of these files repeatedly. We think sunlight is the best disinfectant,” said Hillary Clinton in the BBC interview.
The former presidential candidate argued that she and her husband were being used to divert attention away from Trump.
“Look at this shiny object. We’re going to have the Clintons, even Hillary Clinton, who never met the guy.”
Hillary Clinton said she had met Ghislaine Maxwell — Epstein’s convicted associate — “on a few occasions.”
Bill Clinton, who is named in the Epstein files, was acquainted with Epstein but said he cut off contact two decades ago.
Neither Clinton has been accused of wrongdoing by survivors of Epstein’s abuse, and both have denied knowledge of his sex offending at the time.
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“By releasing thousands of pages of documents, co-operating with the House Oversight
Committee’s subpoena request, and President Trump recently calling for further investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, the Trump Administration has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have,” the White House said.
When asked about Hillary Clinton’s comments in the interview, Trump told the BBC he had nothing to hide.
“I’ve been exonerated. I had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. They went in hoping that they’d find it, and they found just the opposite,” he said aboard Air Force One.
“They’re getting pulled in. And that’s their problem… Clinton and many other Democrats have been pulled in.”