Hillary Clinton has forcefully denied ever meeting convicted Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and claimed she had no knowledge of his or Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal conduct during a closed-door House Oversight Committee deposition. In opening remarks she said she “never encountered Mr. Epstein,” never flew on his plane or visited his properties, and had only known Maxwell “casually as an acquaintance.” The session turned contentious when a leaked photo from inside the deposition led Clinton to threaten to walk out, criticizing the handling of the hearing.
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00:00Have you ever met Jeffrey Epstein?
00:03I do not recall ever meeting Jeffrey Epstein.
00:06Only that one time at the White House Historical Association?
00:10That's the only time that I'm aware of that I might have possibly been in the same room with him.
00:14Did you have an initial impression of Mr. Epstein?
00:16I have no recollection of Mr. Epstein.
00:18What was your understanding of what Mr. Epstein did for work?
00:22I knew nothing about him. He was there as an invited guest.
00:26No one else informed you of what Mr. Epstein did for work?
00:30No, but we had hundreds and thousands of people who came to the White House.
00:33I was not informed of what people did or didn't do for work.
00:37Do you know who invited Mr. Epstein to the White House?
00:41I can only tell you what I know, which is that he apparently was a guest invited by the White
00:48House Historical Association.
00:49Just to make clear for the record, have you ever met Jeffrey Epstein?
00:55I do not recall ever meeting Jeffrey Epstein in preparation for this hearing.
01:02I was told that he attended an event at the White House that was put on by the White House
01:07Historical Association.
01:10But I have no recollection of that.
01:23And only that one time at the White House Historical Association?
01:27That's the only time that I'm aware of that I might have possibly been in the same room with him.
01:34Did you have an initial impression of Mr. Epstein?
01:36I have no recollection of Mr. Epstein.
01:38I just told that he was in a room at a dinner that we were hosting for the White House
01:43Historical Association.
01:46What was your understanding of what Mr. Epstein did for work?
01:51I knew nothing about him.
01:52He was there as an invited guest by the White House Historical Association.
01:57That's my best recollection.
01:59And no one else informed you of what Mr. Epstein did for work?
02:03No, but we had hundreds and thousands of people who came to the White House.
02:07I was not informed of what people did or didn't do for work, especially someone that I never even had
02:14a conversation with.
02:16Do you know who invited Mr. Epstein to the White House?
02:20I can only tell you what I know, which is that he apparently was a guest invited by the White
02:27House Historical Association to attend a dinner to thank people who gave money to the White House Historical Association for
02:34the upkeep and maintenance of the White House.
02:36That's what I was informed of in preparation for coming here.
02:42Excuse me, can I interrupt?
02:44There are photos that are being released of the secretary as she is testifying from inside this room.
02:51Can you please advise me as to whether or not that's permissible and consistent with the rules, particularly given that
02:56we have asked for a public hearing?
02:59If there are photos that are being released of the secretary as she is testifying, can you please explain how
03:04that can occur?
03:04If you guys are doing that, I am done. You can hold me in contempt from now until the cows
03:09come home.
03:09This is just typical behavior.
03:11I did post one.
03:13Oh, for heaven's sake.
03:14So I would like to understand how that's permissible.
03:18It doesn't matter. We all are abiding by the same rules.
03:22I will take that down.
03:23Have you reviewed any 2025-2026 Epstein files that were released that you believe reference or relate to those specific
03:332016 claims regarding the Podesta emails, Comet Ping Pong, Pizza, used as code, possibly?
03:41I'm sorry.
03:41You're asking her about whether she's reviewed emails in the Epstein files which relate to the wacky Pizzagate scam.
03:49You could characterize it however you want. I just would like to know if she's familiar with any of them.
03:53So, excuse me, your question is about whether or not she has reviewed any emails in the Epstein release files
04:00about Pizzagate.
04:02Correct.
04:05Pizzagate was totally made up.
04:08It was an outrageous allegation that ended up hurting a number of people that caused a deranged young man to
04:16show up with his assault rifle and shoot up a local pizzeria.
04:22I can't believe you're even referencing it.
04:25You should be.
04:26There are connections to the language.
04:30Well, the QAnon people believe there are.
04:32I don't know what QAnon people believe.
04:34Have at it.
04:35But you've accused certain parties, and I think even right now today, of promoting slow walking information in ways that
04:44fuels conspiracies.
04:45In your view, did any Epstein-Maxwell related investigations or file handling pre or post 2019 contribute to or intersect
04:58with the spread of Pizzagate style theories about Democrat figures?
05:03Objection.
05:04I have no way of answer.
05:05That is the most ridiculously.
05:09Have you or your representatives identified any Epstein file content that has been misinterpreted online to revive those claims?
05:18And what steps, if any, have you taken to clarify?
05:23Again, objection to the ground of speculation.
05:25I think that this is all very reasonable.
05:28Well, first of all, I don't follow the crazy conspiracy stories that are online.
05:36I regret that anybody does.
05:38I find it quite sad, but also disturbing that people would believe some of what is put forth, like Pizzagate.
05:47So, I have taken no steps to review anything that might have any connection to something which I think is
05:56totally bogus.
05:58And finally, do you think that Donald Trump should be deposed by this committee?
06:02Absolutely.
06:02You know, I was a lawyer.
06:07And as a lawyer, you would look for pattern and practice.
06:11If you were deposing a witness in a case that you were trying, if you were in court, what did
06:19you know about this person?
06:21What you knew could influence how you questioned that person, how you tried the case?
06:29Donald Trump has been held civilly liable for sexual assault by a jury of his peers.
06:39Nine members of a jury found him liable in the sexual assault of E. Jean Carroll.
06:47That is behavior.
06:49That fits a pattern if one were looking for a pattern.
06:53He has also been convicted on 34 felony counts for attempting to hide his relationship with an escort and then
07:06to commit business fraud to prevent it from becoming public in the 2016 campaign, which was ultimately election interference.
07:17So if I were running the committee or I were involved in this investigation, I would be looking for people
07:25who maybe had some prior conduct that might be relevant to either money or crimes.
07:34And yes, I think that it would be in keeping with the scope of the investigation of this committee to
07:45set up a deposition with President Trump.
07:50I know he's been deposed many, many, many times.
07:53He's taken the Fifth Amendment many, many hundreds of times.
07:56So I'm not saying you're going to get a lot of information, but given what's in the files and given
08:05past and prior conduct, he would be on my witness list.
08:12Mr. Chairman, ranking member, members of the committee, as a former United States Senator, I have respect for legislative oversight,
08:22and I expect its exercise, as do the American people, to be principled and fearless in pursuit of truth and
08:29accountability.
08:30As we all know, however, too often congressional investigations are partisan political theater, which is an abdication of duty and
08:39an insult to the American people.
08:40This committee justified its subpoena to me based on its assumption that I have information regarding the investigations into the
08:50criminal activities of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
08:53Let me be as clear as I can.
08:57I do not.
08:58As I stated in my sworn declaration on January 13th, I had no idea about their criminal activities.
09:06I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein.
09:10I never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes, or offices.
09:17I have nothing to add to that.
09:19Like every decent person, I've been horrified by what we have learned about their crimes.
09:26It's unfathomable that Mr. Epstein initially got a slap on the wrist in 2008, which allowed him to continue his
09:36predatory practices for another decade.
09:39Mr. Chairman, your investigation is supposed to be assessing the federal government's handling of the investigations and prosecutions of Epstein
09:48and his crimes.
09:49You subpoenaed eight law enforcement officials, all of whom ran the Department of Justice or directed the FBI, when Epstein's
09:58crimes were investigated and prosecuted.
10:01Of those eight, only one appeared before the committee.
10:05Five of the six former attorneys general were allowed to submit brief statements stating they had no information to provide.
10:14You have held zero public hearings, refused to allow the media to attend them, including today, despite espousing the need
10:23for transparency on dozens of occasions.
10:26You have made little effort to call the people who show up most prominently in the Epstein files.
10:33And when you did, not a single Republican member showed up for Les Wexner's deposition.
10:41This institutional failure is designed to protect one political party and one public official, rather than to seek truth and
10:51justice for the victims and survivors, as well as inform the public who want to get to the bottom of
10:57this matter.
10:58My heart breaks for the survivors, and I am furious on their behalf.
11:03I have spent my life advocating for women and girls.
11:08I have worked hard to stop the terrible abuses so many women and girls face here and around the world,
11:14including human trafficking, forced labor, domestic violence, and sexual slavery.
11:21For too long, these have been largely invisible crimes or not treated as crimes at all.
11:27But the survivors are real, and they are entitled to justice.
11:32In Southeast Asia, I met girls as young as 12 years old who had been forced into prostitution and raped
11:39repeatedly.
11:40Some were dying of AIDS.
11:43In Eastern Europe, I met mothers who told me how they lost their daughters to trafficking and did not know
11:49where to turn.
11:50In settings around the world, I met survivors trying to rebuild their lives and help rescue others,
11:56with little support from people in power who too often turned a blind eye and a cold shoulder.
12:03If you are new to this issue, let me tell you, Jeffrey Epstein was a heinous individual, but he's far
12:11from alone.
12:12This is not a one-off tabloid sensation or political scandal.
12:17It is a global scourge with an unimaginable human toll.
12:21My work combating sex trafficking goes back to my days as First Lady.
12:27I worked to pass the first federal legislation against trafficking and was proud that my husband signed the Trafficking Victims
12:35Protection Act,
12:36which increased support for survivors and gave prosecutors better tools for going after traffickers.
12:43As Secretary of State, I appointed a former federal prosecutor, Lucy DeBaca, to ramp up our global anti-trafficking efforts.
12:53I oversaw nearly 170 anti-trafficking programs in 70 nations and directly pressed foreign leaders to crack down on trafficking
13:03networks in their countries.
13:05Every year, we published a global report to shine a light on abuses.
13:10The findings of those reports triggered sanctions on countries failing to make progress,
13:16so they became a powerful diplomatic tool to drive concrete action.
13:22I insisted that the United States be included in the report for the first time ever in 2011,
13:29because we must hold ourselves not just to the same standard as the rest of the world, but to an
13:34even higher one.
13:35Sex trafficking and modern slavery should have no place in America.
13:41None.
13:43Infuriatingly, the Trump administration gutted the Trafficking in Persons office at the State Department,
13:49cutting more than 70% of the career civil and foreign service experts who worked so hard to prevent trafficking
13:58crimes.
13:59The annual trafficking report required by law was delayed for months.
14:05The message from the Trump administration to the American people and the world could not be clearer.
14:12Combating human trafficking is no longer an American priority under the Trump White House.
14:18That's a tragedy, it's a scandal, and it deserves vigorous investigation and oversight.
14:25A committee endeavoring to stopping human trafficking would seek to understand
14:30what specific steps are needed to fix a legal system that allowed Epstein to get away with his crimes.
14:38A committee run by elected officials with a commitment to transparency
14:43would ensure the full release of all the files.
14:47It would ensure that the lawful redactions of those files protected the victims and survivors,
14:55not powerful men and political allies.
14:58It would get to the bottom of reports that DOJ withheld FBI interviews
15:05in which a survivor accuses President Trump of crimes.
15:09It would subpoena anyone who asked on which night there would be the wildest party on Epstein's island.
15:19It would demand testimony from prosecutors from Florida, New York, and the Department of Justice
15:24about why they gave Epstein a sweetheart deal
15:28and chose not to pursue others who may have been implicated in his crimes.
15:33And it would demand that Secretary Rubio and Attorney General Bondi testify
15:38about why this administration is abandoning survivors and playing into the hands of traffickers.
15:46It would seek out advocates and law enforcement officials on the front lines of the fight against human trafficking
15:53and ask them what support they need.
15:56And it would put forth legislation to provide more resources and force this administration to act.
16:04But that's not happening.
16:06Instead, you have compelled me to testify fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation
16:13in order to distract from President Trump's actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers.
16:21If this committee is serious about learning the truth about Epstein's trafficking crimes,
16:26it would not rely on press gaggles to get answers from our current president on his involvement
16:33it would ask him directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he shows up in the Epstein
16:40files.
16:41If the majority was serious, it would not waste time on fishing expeditions.
16:46There is too much to be done.
16:48What is being held back?
16:50Who is being protected?
16:51And why the cover-up?
16:53So my challenge to you, Mr. Chairman, and members of this committee is the same challenge I put to myself
17:00throughout my long service to this nation.
17:03How to be worthy of the trust of the American people that they have given to you.
17:09They expect statesmanship, not gamesmanship, leading, not grandstanding.
17:15And they expect you to use your power to get to the truth and to do more to help survivors
17:22of Epstein's crimes,
17:24as well as the millions more who are victims of sex trafficking in this country and around the world.
17:32Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
17:34And I would also like to request that the video of this deposition be made available within 24 hours,
17:41as it has been for other witnesses.
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