Bill Clinton denies knowledge of Epstein’s crimes in house depositions

Former President Bill Clinton distanced himself themselves from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in closeddoor depositions with lawmakers according to videos that were released Monday by a House committeeThe recordings of the depositions which spanned hours over two days last week show how Bill Clinton told the committee that he had ended his relationship with Epstein years before the financier entered a 2008 guilty plea to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl Hillary Clinton told the committee she never even recalled meeting Epstein Both closeddoor interviews before the House Oversight Committee were taken under oath Thursday and FridayThe Clintons testimony came as lawmakers are trying to meet demands for a reckoning over Epstein who killed himself in 2019 in New York while facing charges for sex trafficking and abusing underage girls Highstatus men around the world have been forced into resignations because of revelations about their relationships with Epstein but so far there are few signs in the US of serious legal consequences comingThe former Democratic president said he first remembered meeting Epstein when he flew aboard the financiers private jet in 2002 for the Clintons humanitarian work and they parted ways the year after Theres nothing that I saw when I was around him that made me realize he was trafficking women he told the committeeEpstein visited the White House numerous times during Clintons presidency and there are photos of them shaking hands Clinton told lawmakers he did not recall those interactionsDemocrats and Republicans question Bill ClintonBill Clinton faced searching questions both from Republicans and Democrats about photos of the former president that have been released as part of the case files on Epstein In response to a Democratic lawmakers questions about a photo that showed him in a pool with a woman whose face was redacted the former president said he did not know the woman and did not engage in sexual activity with herHe said the photo was from a trip to Brunei for charitable work and a number of people in their travel party were swimming Whether the subject was a note Clinton wrote for Epsteins 50th birthday or their travel together for the Clinton Foundation he described their relationship as little more than cordialWe were friendly but I didnt know him well enough to say we were friends he saidAsked by Republicans whether they had talked about young women or girls together Clinton responded emphatically NoWhat Bill Clinton said about TrumpOne line of questioning stirred up curiosity from lawmakers and that was what Clinton had to say about President Donald Trump He made clear he believed it was important for anyone including presidents to come forward and testify to their knowledge of EpsteinClinton also shared how he and Trump had briefly discussed Epstein at a charity golf tournament more than 20 years ago He said Trump had never said anything to me to make me think he was involved in anything improper with regard to Epstein but also remarked that those two men had a fallingout over a real estate dealRepublican lawmakers left the deposition pointing to Clintons words and arguing that it showed there is no evidence that Trump ever did anything wrong in his own relationship with Epstein Democrats meanwhile said Clintons testimony counters what Trump has said more recently about why he and Epstein had a fallingout Trump has told reporters they had a disagreement because Epstein had hired people away from Trumps MaraLago club in FloridaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever