Bill Clinton says he had no idea' about Epstein's crimes in House testimony

"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 I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes, not sweetheart deals."

"But even with 20/20 hindsight, I saw nothing that ever gave me pause. We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long."

"By the time Epstein's crimes came to light as a result of a plea deal in 2008, Clinton said, he had ended his association with the financier."

Bill Clinton appeared before the House Oversight Committee in a deposition regarding his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex trafficker who died in custody in 2019. Clinton stated in his opening remarks that he had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes and insisted he did nothing wrong. He emphasized that had he been aware of any wrongdoing, he would have reported Epstein himself and called for justice. Clinton referenced his own childhood experience with domestic abuse to underscore his position. He maintained that Epstein successfully hid his crimes from everyone for an extended period. Clinton testified that he had ended his association with Epstein by the time the financier's crimes became public through a plea deal in 2008. The deposition followed Hillary Clinton's appearance before the same committee, where she characterized the proceedings as partisan political theater.

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