A motorcade carrying former President Invoice Clinton approaches the Chappaqua Performing Arts Heart in Chappaqua, New York, the place Mr. Clinton testified earlier than U.S. Home lawmakers on February 27, 2026 as a part of a Congressional investigation into convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Former U.S. President Invoice Clinton stated on Friday (February 27, 2026) he had no thought of the crimes Jeffrey Epstein was committing and wouldn’t have flown on the late convicted intercourse offender’s aircraft if he had any inkling of them. “I know what I did, and extra importantly, what I didn’t do. I noticed nothing, and I did nothing unsuitable,” Mr. Invoice Clinton stated in his ready opening assertion to the Home of Representatives Oversight Committee.
Mr. Invoice Clinton was testifying behind closed doorways to the Congressional panel about his ties to the late intercourse offender, in what might be a tense confrontation between the previous Democratic chief and President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans.
Mr. Invoice Clinton’s testimony follows that of his spouse, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who advised the Home of Representatives Oversight Committee on Thursday (February 26, 2026) that she didn’t bear in mind ever assembly Epstein and had nothing to share about his intercourse crimes.
She stated she was additionally requested about UFOs and a 2016-era conspiracy concept through the seven-hour session.
Mr. Invoice Clinton flew on Epstein’s aircraft a number of instances within the early 2000s after he left workplace, and a tranche of hundreds of thousands of paperwork launched by the Justice Division consists of photographs of him with ladies whose faces are redacted. He has denied wrongdoing and expressed remorse for his affiliation.
Earlier than the periods, the panel’s Republican chairman, Consultant James Comer of Kentucky, stated he would ask the previous President about these photographs. The committee can be anticipated to quiz Mr. Invoice Clinton about Epstein’s involvement with the couple’s charitable basis.
Mr. Comer stated video of Ms. Hillary Clinton’s testimony might be launched as quickly as Friday (February 27, 2026).
Mr. Comer repeatedly has stated the Clintons aren’t accused of wrongdoing.
They agreed to testify close to their fundamental residence of Chappaqua, New York, after the Home threatened to carry them in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate. Some Democrats supported the transfer.
Each Clintons accuse Republicans of conducting a partisan train designed to guard Mr. Trump from scrutiny, noting that others within the inquiry have been allowed to submit written statements slightly than testify in particular person.
Democrats say the panel must also subpoena Mr. Trump, whose identify seems continuously within the Epstein-related recordsdata. Mr. Trump socialised extensively with Epstein within the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s, earlier than Epstein’s 2008 conviction of soliciting prostitution from a minor.
Democrats are additionally accusing Mr. Trump’s Justice Division of withholding information of a girl who accused Mr. Trump of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. The Justice Division has stated it’s trying on the materials in query and can publish it if applicable.
The division has beforehand cautioned that the fabric it has launched consists of unfounded accusations and sensationalist claims about Mr. Trump, and authorities haven’t accused him of any legal wrongdoing in reference to Epstein.
“President Clinton’s presence right here at the moment underneath oath highlights the Donald Trump-sized gaping gap in Chairman Comer’s investigation,” stated Democratic Consultant James Walkinshaw of Virginia, in remarks to reporters earlier than the beginning of Friday (February 27, 2026)’s proceedings.
Epstein died in jail in 2019 whereas going through federal sex-trafficking crimes. His demise was dominated a suicide.
Revealed – February 27, 2026 10:46 pm IST