Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton accuse Republicans of politicizing Epstein investigation
Clintons said they want their congressional testimony regarding ties to Jeffrey Epstein to be conducted in public
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) – Former US President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said they want their congressional testimony regarding ties to Jeffrey Epstein to be conducted in public, arguing that closed-door depositions would allow Republicans to politicize the investigation.
The Clintons had been ordered to give closed-door depositions before the House Oversight Committee, which is probing the deceased financier’s connections to powerful figures and how information about his crimes was handled.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will appear for her deposition on Feb. 26, while Bill Clinton will appear on Feb. 27, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said in a statement.
The Democrats argue that the probe is being weaponized to attack political opponents of President Donald Trump, himself a longtime Epstein associate who has not been called to testify, rather than to conduct legitimate oversight.
House Republicans had previously threatened a contempt vote if the Democratic power couple did not show up to testify, which they have since agreed to do.
Bill Clinton said holding the deposition behind closed doors would be akin to being tried at a “kangaroo court.”
The former Democratic president said on X, “Let’s stop the games & do this the right way: in a public hearing.”
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said they had already told the Republican-led Oversight Committee “what we know.”
She said, “If you want this fight, let’s have it in public.”
The Justice Department last week released the latest dump of so-called Epstein files—more than three million documents, photos and videos related to its investigation into Epstein, who died from what was determined to be suicide while in custody in 2019.
Former President Bill Clinton features regularly in the files, but no evidence has come to light implicating either Clinton in criminal activity.
Bill Clinton has acknowledged flying on Epstein’s plane in the early 2000s for Clinton Foundation-related humanitarian work, but said he never visited Epstein’s private island.
Mrs. Clinton, who ran against Trump for president in 2016, said she had no meaningful interactions with Epstein, never flew on his plane and never visited his island.
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