Former U.S. President Bill Clinton told the House Oversight Committee on Friday that he had no knowledge of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and had ended all contact with him years before the scandal emerged, insisting he “saw nothing and did nothing wrong.”
"I had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing," Clinton said in his opening statement to a congressional committee that is investigating the late disgraced financier
"I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong," Clinton said. "Even with 20/20 hindsight I saw nothing that ever gave me pause.
"And by the time it came to light with his 2008 guilty plea, I had long stopped associating with him," the former president said.
Clinton said he had agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee because "I love my country."
