House Committees investigating former sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell are scheduled to take deposition testimony from both former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The depositions of the Clintons will take place in Chappaqua, New York, where they reside. The testimony of Hillary Clinton is expected to take place on Thursday, while the deposition of Bill Clinton is expected to take place on Friday. Both deposition sessions will be recorded and transcribed.
According to James Comer, Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, the committee wants transparency and accountability for victims and the general public. Last month, the Clintons agreed to give testimony via teleconference at a House committee hearing after they had previously telephoned the House Republican leadership and stated their intention to work with the committee to provide testimony by providing documents; however, previously they were unwilling to appear in person in what they considered to be a political witch hunt.
Links in Released Documents
Documents from the U.S. Department of Justice that name Bill Clinton as having travelled with Jeffrey Epstein are contained in his flight logs for 2002 and 2003. The logs include travel to Thailand, Portugal, Ghana, Russia and China. The trips occurred before Epstein was convicted of prostitution involving underage girls in 2008. The files also contained photos and a birthday card with Bill Clinton’s name, handwritten by Ghislaine Maxwell.
Over 700 times Hillary Clinton’s name is listed in the documents that were made public; predominantly, these are articles located from 2016 covering her presidential run – and all handed out to Epstein. In addition, there have been questions regarding whether or not Maxwell attended the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in 2013. At the BBC Clinton has stated that Maxwell’s association from this meeting is not what the essence of the entire courtroom scenario should be; furthermore, she also stated that the primary concern of this case should remain focused upon the crimes committed against the female/male children who were victimised.