00:00I never met Jeffrey Epstein, never had any connection or communication with him.
00:07I knew Ghislaine Maxwell casually as an acquaintance.
00:13No Republican member asked any questions about Jeffrey Epstein or
00:20Ghislaine Maxwell to anyone else they have deposed.
00:25Well, I have just finished testifying.
00:28I answered every one of their questions as fully as I could based on what I knew.
00:38And what I knew is what I said in my statement this morning.
00:43I never met Jeffrey Epstein, never had any connection or communication with him.
00:50I knew Ghislaine Maxwell casually as an acquaintance.
00:55But whatever they asked me, I did my very best to respond.
01:03It was disappointing that they refused to hold a public hearing.
01:09So I wouldn't have to be out here characterizing it for you.
01:12You could have seen it for yourself.
01:15We had asked for that.
01:17We think it would have been better for the committee and its efforts to gather whatever information they are seeking.
01:26We had a bit of a challenge in the beginning because we had agreed upon rules based on the fact
01:35it was going to
01:35be a closed hearing at their demand and one of the members violated that rule which was very upsetting because
01:46it suggested that they might violate other of our agreements.
01:52So we had to cease the hearing for a period of time until we could get assurances that no rules
02:01would be broken going forward.
02:04And we returned to answer questions repetitively, literally over and over again.
02:11I don't know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein.
02:15I never went to his island.
02:18I never went to his home.
02:20I never went to his offices.
02:21So it's on the record numerous times.
02:26It then got, at the end, quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions
02:37about Pizzagate,
02:39one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet
02:47that was serving as the basis of a member's questions to me.
02:52So I can only say that the best exchange that I had came at the very end,
03:02when contrary to every other deposition they have taken,
03:10no Republican member asked any questions about Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell to anyone else they have deposed.
03:23And in fact, the Republican members didn't even show up for the deposition of Les Wexner.
03:30And when I said that, I had to point out that the only questions that any Republican member asked,
03:41of any of the people they deposed, was of former Attorney General Bill Barr,
03:49when Chairman Comer asked him about the allegations, in his view, about Russia's involvement in my election in 2016.
04:05So at the very end of this hearing, after I made that point,
04:10I want to commend Chairman Comer for raising a series of significant questions that I responded to
04:22about the nature of the investigation and the areas that I thought should be explored.
04:29So I appreciated that.
04:31I want to see the truth come out.
04:36So that was a reassuring way to end a very long, repetitive deposition.
04:45Secretary! Secretary! Secretary! Secretary!
04:47You spoke in your opening remarks about how heartbroken you have been for the Epstein survivors
04:53as these files have come out.
04:55Can you talk to us a little bit about how you have processed and reacted to the fact
04:59that the former President, your husband, Bill Clinton,
05:01is referenced in the Epstein files numerous times, including in some photos featuring women?
05:07And how have you been personally preparing for the deposition that is coming tomorrow?
05:11Are you 100% confident that there isn't anything that the former President knows about Epstein's crimes?
05:18I am, and I think the chronology of the connection that he had with Epstein
05:27ended years, several years, before anything about Epstein's criminal activities came to light
05:35and that he was charged and sadly given a sweetheart deal, which as I said in my statement,
05:42had that not happened, perhaps his predatory behavior could have been stopped earlier.
05:48But I think it is fair to say that the vast majority of people who had contact with him
05:54before his criminal pleas in 08 were like most people.
06:03They did not know what he was doing.
06:06And I think that that is exactly what my husband will testify to tomorrow.
06:12Madam Secretary, do you believe this was a fair hearing?
06:22And do you still want to testify publicly even though you viewed this deposition?
06:26Well, I'm not going to do it again.
06:29You know, they had a chance to do it in public and I wish they had done it in public.
06:33And I think they're making the wrong decision avoiding doing it in public.
06:41I thought it was very repetitive.
06:43I thought that they asked literally the same questions over and over again,
06:51which didn't seem to me to be very productive.
06:54And then as I said toward the end, you know, there were other questions that were totally off subject.
07:02So if they are going to fulfill their responsibilities to literally investigate the investigations,
07:09which is what they originally said was the scope of their work,
07:14I think they could have spent the day more productively.
07:18Madam Secretary, what was your reaction to the President Secretary?
07:22Madam Secretary.
07:25Can I ask, why was Colleen Maxwell invited to the Dr. Chelsea Clinton's wedding in 2003?
07:33She'd already been mentioned in a civil lawsuit by Virginia G3 before that.
07:38Jeffrey Epstein had already been mentioned before that.
07:42She came as the first one, the guest of someone who was invited.
07:47Madam Secretary, can you tell us your reaction to the President Trump was not calling her?
07:53What message does it say that President Trump was not calling her?
07:55I don't know when the video will be out.
07:57I don't know when the transcript will be out.
07:59We've asked that they be out as quickly as possible and then you can see everything.
08:03Madam Secretary, what was your reaction to the President Trump was in the hot tub?
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