Former US president Bill Clinton denied wrongdoing at a Congressional panel on Friday, February 27, on his well-documented links to Jeffrey Epstein, as Democrats seek to shift focus toward Donald Trump's own ties to the convicted sex offender. Clinton features prominently throughout the Epstein files, but he insists that he broke ties well before the disgraced billionaire's 2008 conviction for sex offenses. "I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong," Clinton said in his opening statement, shared on social media.
The Republican chair of the House committee probing Epstein, James Comer, said ahead of Clinton's deposition, he looked forward to "asking lots of questions." But Democrats on the committee reiterated their call for Trump to be quizzed. "Let's be real, we are talking to the wrong president," said Democrat committee member Suhas Subramanyam. Clinton did not name Trump directly but said that "no person is above the law, even presidents – especially presidents."
Being mentioned in the files released by the US Department of Justice does not imply wrongdoing, and Clinton has not been accused of a crime or formally investigated. He follows his wife, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who testified Thursday, defiantly calling for President Trump – who like Bill Clinton had many ties with Epstein – to appear before the panel. The lawmakers should ask Trump "directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he shows up in the Epstein files," she said.
