The House Oversight Committee on Monday released video of last week’s interviews with former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of its investigation into the late convicted defendant Jeffrey Epstein.
NBC News reviews about four and a half hours of video each. The video was posted days after the Clintons met with the Republican-led committee to answer questions about Epstein and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.
Hillary Clinton answered questions under oath from the committee on Thursday, and Bill Clinton answered questions on Friday.
Bill Clinton admitted to flying with Epstein on a Clinton Foundation trip in the early 2000s, before Epstein was criminally charged, but denied knowing about Epstein’s crimes at the time. Hillary Clinton said she did not remember meeting him, but admitted that Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking, was an “acquaintance.” Mr. Clinton has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
After several hours of testimony, Bill Clinton wrote in a post to X that, “While my brief acquaintance with Epstein ended years before his crimes came to light, I never witnessed anything indicative of what was really going on in our limited interactions, but I have provided what little information I have in hopes that something like this will never happen again.”
“I hope that the release of the video of my testimony today will encourage everyone to go before Congress and say what they know. I hope that this will encourage the Department of Justice to finally release all the files and make sure something like this never happens again,” he said.
The transcript of the interview will be reviewed by multiple parties, including the Clintons, and will be released at a later date.
