Former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the House Oversight Committee on Thursday that she had no idea of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.
In her opening statement, which she later posted on X, Clinton said she had no idea of Epstein’s criminal activities.
“I had no idea of their criminal activities. I do not recall ever meeting Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his home or offices on the island,” she said.
Speaking to reporters afterward, Clinton said she “answered all their questions as completely as possible,” adding that “I never met Jeffrey Epstein” and “I knew Ghislaine Maxwell casually, as an acquaintance.”
“I don’t know how many times I had to say I didn’t know Jeffrey Epstein,” she said.
As Breitbart News reported in February, the Epstein files revealed that Ghislaine Maxwell “attended Chelsea Clinton’s wedding and played a substantial role in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), one of President Bill Clinton’s signature post-White House efforts.”
Hillary Clinton recently said yes had met with Maxwell “a few times,” in an attempt to distance himself from Maxwell and Epstein. Bill Clinton featured prominently in the Epstein files.
Despite this claim, Maxwell said in her interview with the Justice Department last year that she played a “very central” role in creating the Clinton Global Initiative. She also said Epstein was involved in the effort.
Have the Epstein files detailed Maxwell’s integral role in supporting the creation of the Clinton Global Initiative. Maxwell participated in the budget discussions for the first CGI conference, discussed issues with Clinton aides and worked with Publicis Groupe, the company that produced CGI’s first event.
According to the Daily mailEpstein’s estate manager alleged that Bill and Hillary Clinton lived at the disgraced billionaire’s “baby-making ranch” almost every year after leaving the White House.
“The former president was Epstein’s closest ‘celebrity associate’ and the Clintons, along with daughter Chelsea, visited Zorro Ranch ‘a whole bunch of times,’ a former contractor who managed the property’s IT system told DailyMailTV in an exclusive interview,” the outlet said.
“The family often visited the 10,000-acre estate in the New Mexico desert, but never stayed in the main house,” it added. “Instead, the Clinton family ensconced themselves in a special cowboy-themed village created by Epstein, a mile south of his own luxury mountaintop villa.”
The Department of Justice also recently released this an email revealing that Epstein had helped set up a meeting between Hillary Clinton and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2013.
According to NBC NewsCommittee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said Hillary’s testimony was “productive,” adding that they “learned a lot.” When it came to certain questions about the Clinton Global Initiative, the former first lady deflected, saying, “You’ll have to ask my husband.”
Clinton also accused the panel of engaging in partisan “fishing expeditions” during her opening testimony.
“[Y]You forced me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that could support your investigation, to divert attention from the President. [Donald] Trump’s actions and cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers,” she wrote.
“If this committee is serious about learning the truth about Epstein’s human trafficking crimes, it would not rely on the press to get answers from our current president about his involvement; it would ask him directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he appears in the Epstein files,” she added.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing involving Jeffrey Epstein.
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