(Washington) Former US President Bill Clinton will testify Friday before members of Congress investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He will have to answer for his links with the fallen financier, dating back more than 20 years.
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The closed-door deposition in Chappaqua, New York, marks the first time a former president has been forced to testify before Congress. It comes the day after the testimony of his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Bill Clinton himself is not accused of any wrongdoing. However, elected officials are questioning the links of certain personalities in the United States, at a time when men around the world are removed from office for having maintained their links with Epstein after the latter pleaded guilty, in 2008 in Florida, to prostitution charges involving a minor.
Hillary Clinton told elected officials that she knew nothing about Epstein’s sexual assaults on minors and that she did not even remember meeting him.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke to the media after her testimony.
Bill Clinton, for his part, will have to answer questions about his well-documented relationship with Epstein and his former partner Ghislaine Maxwell, even though it dates back to the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Hillary Clinton said Thursday that she expected her husband to testify that he knew nothing about Epstein’s sexual assaults during the time they knew each other.
Republicans are delighted to be able to question the former Democratic president under oath.
“The Clintons have answered very few, if any, questions regarding their knowledge or involvement with Epstein and Maxwell,” Rep. James Comer, Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Thursday.
“No one is accusing the Clintons of any wrongdoing at this time,” he added.
