The Jeffrey Epstein-related deposition of former President Bill Clinton before the House Oversight Committee concluded around six hours after it began on Friday, with Clinton often getting \u201ccandid\u201d with lawmakers.<\/p>\n
The Republican lawmakers who attended the hearing said that Clinton was very cooperative as the former president attempted to answer each question from lawmakers and often spoke more candidly \u201cthan his attorneys were comfortable with.\u201d House Committee Chairman James Comer, who oversaw the hearing, said the deposition was \u201chistorical.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that in the history of Congress, the two highest ranking to ever be deposed by Congress would be President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,\u201d Comer added. \u201cThis is a serious investigation, and we will continue to try to get the truth to the American people and justice for the victims.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina thanked Clinton for cooperating during the hearing.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did attempt to respond to every single question asked, even when his attorneys told him to shut up, he kept going,\u201d Mace said.<\/p>\n
Neither Clinton nor the Democratic committee members addressed the media outside like the Republicans did.<\/p>\n
The Oversight Committee said it will release video of both Bill and Hillary Clinton\u2019s depositions within 24 hours, adding that transcripts of the hearings will be released once the Clintons\u2019 lawyers approve them. Comer promised to subpoena more people who were connected to Epstein to testify before the committee, but he didn\u2019t reveal who the committee\u2019s next target would be.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Friday, Comer said that Clinton discussed President Donald Trump during his deposition on Jeffrey Epstein on Friday. Comer said that when Democrats asked former President Clinton what he knew about Trump\u2019s relationship with Epstein, Clinton said that Trump never told him anything that would make it seem like Trump \u201cwas involved\u201d with Epstein.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know there\u2019s a lot of obsession about President Trump from the media \u2026 I want to make a statement because [the Democrats] probably won\u2019t mention this when they come out here,\u201d Comer said. \u201cRanking member [Robert] Garcia asked, \u2018Should President Trump be called to answer questions from this committee?\u2019 And President Clinton said, \u2018That\u2019s for you to decide.\u2019 And [Clinton] went on to say, \u2018President Trump has never said anything to me to make it seem like he was involved.’\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier on Friday, President Donald Trump, who was also close to Epstein in the late 1990s and early 2000s, told reporters that he doesn\u2019t believe Bill Clinton should have been deposed over his relationship with Epstein.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t like seeing him deposed,\u201d Trump said, adding, \u201cI like him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite Comer suggesting that Bill Clinton\u2019s deposition would go \u201ceven longer\u201d than his wife Hillary Clinton\u2019s testimony, which lasted over six hours on Thursday, the hearing was finished around the same time as the former first lady\u2019s. Republicans said that Hillary Clinton answered most of their questions, but they were disappointed that the former secretary of state and first lady told them around a dozen times, \u201cYou\u2019ll have to ask my husband,\u201d Comer said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we have a lot of questions for her husband tomorrow,\u201d the House Oversight chairman told<\/a> reporters on Thursday evening. \u201cAnd I\u2019m confident that deposition will last even longer than this one.\u201d<\/p>\n Former President Clinton posted his opening statement on social media shortly after his closed-door testimony kicked off. In his statement, which was much shorter than that of his wife\u2019s, the former president claimed that he \u201csaw nothing\u201d and \u201cdid nothing wrong.\u201d He also said that members of Congress will likely hear him say \u201cI don\u2019t recall\u201d numerous times during the deposition.<\/p>\n \u201cThat might be unsatisfying. But I\u2019m not going to say something I\u2019m not sure of,\u201d Clinton added. \u201cThis was a long time ago, and I am bound by my oath not to speculate, or to guess.\u201d<\/p>\n As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing\u2014I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes, not sweetheart deals. pic.twitter.com\/0rX8cat5Pu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The \u201cI don\u2019t recall\u201d line became closely associated with Bill Clinton during prior legal proceedings \u2014 most notably his 1998 grand jury testimony during the Monica Lewinsky investigation, where variations of memory-related responses were widely discussed and scrutinized.<\/p>\n Just before 12:30 p.m. ET, Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida gave an update to reporters and said Bill Clinton was \u201ccooperative and answering questions.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t have reason to believe he\u2019s hiding the ball on anything. He\u2019s been pretty transparent,\u201d Luna added.<\/p>\n Before heading inside to begin Bill Clinton\u2019s deposition on Friday, Comer called it \u201ca historical day for the United States Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe already had a big portfolio of questions for him, but that increased yesterday,\u201d Comer added.<\/p>\n Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace said on Friday morning that Hillary Clinton did not want to answer questions about the photos that show her husband hanging out with Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, along with\u00a0 unknown women. Mace also accused Hillary Clinton of responding to some of her \u201cpointed\u201d questions by \u201cscreaming.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe was unhinged,\u201d Mace added. \u201cAnd I hope that President Clinton is less unhinged today than his wife was yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n Mace also called for the Oversight Committee to subpoena Trump\u2019s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a move that California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said would have the support of Democrats. Lutnick met with Epstein multiple times, including at least one time on Epstein\u2019s infamous island. The Commerce secretary said that he did not engage in or witness any illegal activity, and Lutnick has not been accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein\u2019s crimes.<\/p>\n Asked about a potential Lutnick subpoena, Trump said the Commerce secretary is \u201cinnocent\u201d and would \u201cgo in and say whatever he has to say.\u201d<\/p>\n On Thursday evening, Hillary Clinton spoke to reporters outside the performing arts center where her deposition took place in Chappaqua, New York, and blasted Republicans for asking \u201cvery repetitive\u201d questions after she stated that she never met Epstein. Hillary Clinton also suggested that her husband will focus on the \u201cchronology\u201d of his relationship with Epstein and argue that he only spent time with the financier before Epstein was charged and pleaded guilty to soliciting a child for prostitution.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it is fair to say that the vast majority of people who had contact with [Epstein] before his criminal pleas in \u201908 were like most people, they did not know what he was doing,\u201d Hillary Clinton said. \u201cAnd I think that is exactly what my husband will testify to tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n The former president will likely have much more to address during his deposition than his wife, as Bill Clinton traveled numerous times on Epstein\u2019s private plane. He also appears in multiple instances in the Epstein files recently released by the Justice Department, including in photos that show the former president schmoozing with Epstein and Maxwell, as well as multiple photos that show Bill Clinton in a swimming pool with Maxwell and enjoying a hot tub with a woman whose face was redacted.<\/p>\n The former president was also seen in a picture getting a back massage from Chauntae Davies, one of Epstein\u2019s accusers. Davies has not accused Clinton of acting inappropriately.<\/p>\n Comer said on Friday before the deposition that House Republicans plan to ask Bill Clinton about the photos as well as his trips on Epstein\u2019s private jet.<\/p>\n House Democrats also made a few comments before heading into the building for former President Clinton\u2019s deposition. Rep. Robert Garcia of California said that Democrats want \u201cserious answers\u201d from Bill Clinton. Garcia then blasted his Republican colleagues, who Hillary Clinton accused of asking irrelevant questions, including inquiries about UFOs, during Thursday\u2019s deposition.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we don\u2019t want is a side show and questions about UFOs, or about conspiracy theories from decades ago, which is what unfortunately happened yesterday,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cA series of bizarre questions were asked of Secretary Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n The Democrats also repeated their demand from Thursday and urged Republicans to subpoena President Donald Trump. Garcia said that Republicans have \u201cset a new precedent\u201d by asking a former president to testify over his relationship with Epstein.<\/p>\n Neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton has been accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein\u2019s sex crimes, and the former president and first lady have stated that they never visited Epstein\u2019s private island. After photos of Bill Clinton were released among the millions of Epstein-related documents and files by the Justice Department, the former president\u2019s chief of staff, Angel Ure\u00f1a, accused<\/a> the Trump administration of scapegoating Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n \u201cThe White House hasn\u2019t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton,\u201d Ure\u00f1a said. \u201cThis is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they\u2019ll try and hide forever. So they can release as many grainy, 20-plus-year-old photos as they want, but this isn\u2019t about Bill Clinton. Never has, never will be.\u201d<\/p>\n Documents released by the Justice Department also show that Maxwell had a major role in the founding of the Clinton Global Initiative, a project of the Clinton Foundation to bring world leaders together to discuss future action. While coordinating with Epstein, Maxwell took part in budget discussions when the former president was first attempting to launch the initiative in 2004, just two years before Epstein was indicted, The New York Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Maxwell, a British former socialite, told the Justice Department during an interview last year that Bill Clinton was her friend, \u201cnot Epstein\u2019s friend.\u201d<\/p>\n This is a developing story; refresh the page for updates.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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