'Fishing expedition': Hillary Clinton berates lawmakers after Epstein testimony
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The former secretary of state testified behind closed doors about her connections to the accused sex trafficker. She called out Republicans for not making the deposition public.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Feb. 26 that Republican lawmakers who called her to testify about accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were not serious in their investigations and should have made her testimony open to the public.
"They had a chance to do it in public and I wish they had done it in public, I think they’re making the wrong decision by avoiding doing it in public," Clinton told reporters outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, where she was called to testify in a closed-door hearing near her home in suburban New York.
Clinton was deposed by House lawmakers after they subpoenaed her for information about Epstein, the disgraced financier suspected of facilitating the philandering or worse of some of the world’s richest and most powerful people. Among those caught up in the scandal — some facing serious consequences — are former Obama administration Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, the United Kingdom’s former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Clinton said that she told the committee in her opening statement that she knew nothing about Epstein's criminal activity.
"I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes or offices. I have nothing to add to that," she said in the statement to the committee, according to a post she made on X.
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