00:06All right, I want to thank everyone for standing out and braving the cold.
00:11Our deposition has concluded.
00:13It's a shame that it took seven months to get Ms. Clinton in.
00:19She answered most of our questions.
00:22I'm going to let some of my colleagues lament on that,
00:27but we're going to not release too many details of what happened today.
00:33We're going to try to get the video out as quickly as possible,
00:37hopefully within the next 24 hours.
00:38That's a very long deposition, so as quick as we can get that video produced, we will get that out.
00:45The transcript will be released as soon as her attorneys approve it.
00:50That's the standard rules of a deposition, and I think this was a productive deposition today.
00:56I think we learned a lot.
01:00There were a lot of questions that we asked that we weren't satisfied with the answers that we got,
01:06but we will continue to move forward.
01:08Many of my colleagues, every member of the committee asks questions.
01:12I would just say one of the things I learned today is if you really have specific questions
01:16about the Clinton Global Initiative or the relationship between the Clintons
01:21and Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, you've got to ask Bill Clinton.
01:25And that's a great point.
01:27The number of times that she said, I don't know, you'll have to ask my husband,
01:31was more than a dozen, and I'll put it like that.
01:35If I can just hop in.
01:37Also, too, I think it's important to note that we have been working in a bipartisan fashion
01:41to make this as painless as possible for the people that we're bringing in,
01:45but also, too, ensuring that there's accountability and transparency.
01:48You will hear a lot of spin, sometimes out of politicos in Washington,
01:52but the fact is that it's our goal and objective following this,
01:56and we also, too, did ask for a follow-up from the secretary on producing legislation
02:01that will help prevent this from ever happening again in the future,
02:03obviously working to combat trafficking, which has been in a cause incredibly important,
02:07not just to myself, to Chairman Comer, to Representative Nancy Mace,
02:10but many new members of this oversight committee.
02:13And so we are looking forward to continue to provide that transparency.
02:16And Nancy, do you have anything?
02:17Yeah.
02:18First of all, I want to thank Secretary Clinton for being here for as many hours as she was here
02:25today.
02:25She took every question from every single member.
02:28I want to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats alike,
02:33for being here today and asking questions.
02:36I very much look forward to speaking to her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
02:40Tomorrow, we have a lot of work to do.
02:42I'm not surprised by some of the answers, surprised by some,
02:46and you'll get the transcript very soon.
02:48But I want to thank everyone who participated.
02:49This is nowhere near from over.
02:52And making my notes today, I've got names of individuals that I believe we need to haul to the oversight
02:58committee
02:59and ask them questions, ask their perspective, ask them about other potential witnesses or victims or potential predators.
03:09I think this is going to go on for a long time.
03:12There are millions of files.
03:13There are a lot of people involved.
03:15And some of the gaps that have been seen, especially early on, you know, are very evident after speaking with
03:22her today.
03:23And I just want to thank everyone for their time.
03:24And we have a lot of work to do, and I'm willing to work with anyone who's willing to work
03:28with me.
03:29I'll work with you on getting to the bottom of this, making sure that this doesn't ever happen again.
03:34And when it does, those predators are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
03:43So this is a nonpartisan issue.
03:45If you've read the Epstein files, there's unspeakable evil in there.
03:49And the American people and the victims deserve transparency and accountability.
03:53The biggest thing I think we need to know is how do we strengthen laws to prevent human traffic in
03:59America, if not the world?
04:00And how do we – how does someone with such evil infiltrate the highest levels of the U.S. government
04:07and world leaders?
04:08So we're going to continue to ask those questions and get answers for the American people.
04:15We'll be happy to answer.
04:17Mr. Chairman, Secretary Clinton said in her opening statement,
04:21if Republicans were serious about investigating Jeffrey Epstein, that you would call President Trump to testify, why won't you?
04:27Well, President Trump has answered hundreds, if not thousands, of questions from you all about Epstein.
04:35And I think he's been very transparent in releasing the documents.
04:39We expect hopefully more documents to come in.
04:42We're still assessing the three million-plus documents that we have.
04:46We obviously will be moving on to the next phase and bringing more people in for questions.
04:52So, again, remember, this was a bipartisan subpoena by members of both parties to bring in Ms. Clinton.
05:00And it's just a shame that it took seven months.
05:02And I know every member of our committee has a big list of names they want to bring in.
05:07And these are big, powerful people that hire very skilled law firms, and they delay, delay, delay.
05:16And, you know, part of when you delay in this investigation, it takes seven months to bring a witness in
05:21like it did today.
05:23That creates a problem.
05:24So we're trying to move as quickly as we can.
05:27We're obviously following what's going on in the United Kingdom now.
05:31We're following, you know, everything.
05:33I know that there are a lot of eyes, and hopefully the media will play a role in this.
05:37The media has a role.
05:38The documents have been made public.
05:40We're going to continue to fight for more redactions.
05:43There are some names who are redacted.
05:45I think we all agree shouldn't be redacted.
05:48I don't think they're who you think they are.
05:50So that's why we want those names.
05:52Chairman, if I could just add a little quick, too, to follow up on that, though.
05:55We asked specifically the victims, and we were all there, as well as the Speaker and the Democrat, members of
06:00Congress,
06:00if the President was involved, and they exonerated him.
06:04So why would we bring in the President of the United States who's been exonerated,
06:07who cooperated with law enforcement, and who released the files when we had to fight?
06:12We basically threatened to hold the Clintons in contempt if they didn't want to come in.
06:15So to be clear, we had cooperation.
06:18We asked the victims directly, and he was exonerated.
06:20So I would encourage all of you to at least do the fair reporting and understanding that,
06:24just like you would not publish false statements about the Clintons in some of the allegations that have been made
06:29about them,
06:29and you would give the President of the United States the same respect.
06:33And he also went to law enforcement.
06:35Mr. Coleman, can I ask you guys?
06:38Hold on.
06:38Mr. Chairman, President Trump has released more files than anyone during the Biden administration.
06:43Zero files, no DOJ involvement.
06:46He has secured the border, lowered human trafficking, and passed the House Republicans,
06:51and then President Trump has passed anti-human trafficking legislation just this first year.
06:55Mr. Coleman, Mr. Coleman.
06:57And after the transparency, as you guys said moments ago, can you release any findings that were discussed today?
07:01You said some...
07:02We're going to release that video, and you'll be able to see the whole thing as quick as we can
07:06get the video produced.
07:07But I think what will be interesting is some of the comments that Secretary Clinton made at the very end
07:13about Jeffrey Epstein.
07:15And I think that that would apply to others that you all obviously have an interest in, too.
07:23Mr. Coleman, you said that Bill Clinton is the man to ask questions.
07:29That's what Mrs. Clinton said many times today.
07:32Why did you bring Hillary Clinton along?
07:35Again, for the 15th time, this was a motion made by Democrats and Republicans in a subcommittee on oversight.
07:43There were a list of people to bring in, and Bill and Hillary Clinton were on the list.
07:47I'm glad we brought Hillary Clinton in because she's never really answered questions until in the last week about her
07:54relationship with Epstein and Maxwell.
07:57So she answered questions, and hopefully they'll be helpful as we move forward.
08:02Chairman Comer, are you now satisfied?
08:04On the Clinton Global Initiative, was that your main focus today with Secretary Clinton, and did you feel like you
08:10got the answers you were looking for?
08:11Well, I don't want to disclose too much of what was said, but most of the questions that we asked
08:18about the Clinton Global Initiative were, of course, very specific questions.
08:21Some of them were backed by e-mails and other documents that have been released by the Department of Justice.
08:27She said that she was a senator, and you would have to ask her husband that tomorrow.
08:31So we have a lot of questions for her husband tomorrow, and I'm confident that deposition will last even longer
08:38than this one.
08:39Chairman, Bill, are you now on?
08:41Thank you all.
08:47NBC.
08:50And we expect you to do this.
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