Whew! It was a long day on Capitol Hill, and former President Bill Clinton came ready with his answers. Sitting before lawmakers, Clinton addressed his past association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, making it crystal clear where he stands.
In his opening statement, Clinton said, “I saw nothing, I did nothing wrong.” According to Clinton, there was no secret knowledge, no hidden awareness. He maintained that he had no idea what Epstein was really involved in.And when it came to remembering details from more than two decades ago, Clinton made it plain that he wasn’t about to fill in blanks just to make headlines.
“You’ll often hear me say that I don’t recall. That might be unsatisfying. But I’m not going to say something I’m not sure of. This was all a long time ago. And I am bound by my oath not to speculate, or to guess,” Clinton says. He added, “It doesn’t help you for me to play detective 24 years later.”
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Now listen, six hours is a long time to sit under those lights. And Clinton closed it out by saying,
“Since I am under oath, I will not falsely state that I am looking forward to your questions. But I am ready to answer them to the best of my abilities.”
Meanwhile, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also had her turn in the hot seat. She testified for six hours as well, saying she “had no idea” about Epstein’s crimes. She didn’t mince words about the process either, calling the hearing “partisan political theatre.”
Clinton also took issue with lawmakers bringing his wife into the matter at all, saying she had “nothing to do with” Epstein.
Republican members of the committee say video footage of Hillary Clinton’s testimony will be released either Friday or Saturday, which means this story isn’t cooling off anytime soon.
As previously reported, images of the former president appeared in documents connected to Epstein, and Clinton has acknowledged in the past that he took trips on Epstein’s private plane.
Still, he firmly denies any knowledge of the criminal activity Epstein was later charged with. Importantly, appearing in the Epstein files does not in itself suggest wrongdoing.
For now, Clinton’s message is simple: he says he didn’t see anything, didn’t know anything, and didn’t do anything wrong. Lawmakers asked the questions. He gave his answers. And like always in D.C., what happens next depends on who’s telling the story.
