CREATORS
March 3, 2026
Last week,
former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State, one-time democrat
nominee for president, Hillary Clinton, testified under oath before the House
Select Committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The
depositions took place behind closed doors in Chappaqua, N.Y. Bill Clinton was
deposed for 4 hours and 33 minutes and Hillary Clinton testified for 4 hours
and 35 minutes. The Committee recently released video of the depositions.
The
Epstein scandal has pulled in a number of prominent men from around the world.
They include Britain's Prince Andrew; Elon Musk; Steven Bannon; Richard
Branson, owner of Virgin Group; Steven Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants;
Casey Wasserman, president of the 2028 Summer Olympics; Ehud Barak, former
Israel prime minster; Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary; Howard Lutnick,
current Secretary of Commerce; billionaire Sergey Brin; Mirosalav Lajcak,
former Slovak foreign minister and of course President Donald Trump.
Yet none
of these men have been deposed by the House Select Committee. The GOP-run
committee chose to depose the former Democratic president and his spouse, the
former 2016 Democratic nominee for president. Her opponent — Donald Trump.
Never mind
that references to President Trump are everywhere in the Epstein files. The New
York Times identified more than 5,300 files containing more than 38,000
references to Mr. Trump, his wife, his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, and other
related words and phrases in the latest batch of emails, government files,
videos and other records released by the Department of Justice.
Never mind
that no former president has ever been compelled to testify before Congress.
Bill Clinton and his wife were hauled before Congress when there are so many
more compelling targets of this investigation.
Hillary
Clinton accused House Republicans of using her as a prop in "partisan
political theater." Her written statement to the committee emphasized that
she "had no idea about their criminal activities. 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
accused the committee of compelling her testimony "fully aware that I have
no knowledge that would assist your investigation, to distract attention from
President Trump's actions and cover them up despite legitimate calls for
answers."
Bill
Clinton said in his written testimony that he "had no idea of the crimes
Epstein was committing."
"No
matter how many photos you show me, I have two things that at the end of the
day matter more than your interpretation of those 20-year-old photos. I know
what I saw, and more importantly, what I didn't see. I know what I did, and
more importantly, what I didn't do. I saw nothing, and I did nothing
wrong."
So, when
will the Select Committee have President Trump testify?
When asked
about the Epstein files on a recent flight back from Mar-a-Logo on Air Force
One, Trump responded, "You know, I've been totally exonerated on Epstein.
And it's really interesting because they've (Clintons) been pulled in. Think of
it. They've been pulled in. Clinton and many other Democrats have been pulled
in."
Trump
feigns surprise that the Clintons have "been pulled in." This is the
point: On nearly every topic, the President suspends reality. He is
"shocked, shocked" that the GOP-controlled Congress has pulled the
Clintons, Democrats, into the Epstein scandal.
According
to The Hill, Democrats are saying that by compelling Clinton's testimony, the
dynamic between Congress and the president has changed. Democrats are calling
for the same standard for President Trump.
"Trump
defied, as all of you know, a congressional subpoena with the Jan. 6 Committee.
He said, 'presidents don't have to testify,'" Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)
said, according to The Hill. "Now we have the Clinton rule, which is that
presidents and their families have to testify when Congress issues a subpoena,
and that means that Donald Trump needs to come before our committee."
Matthew T.
Mangino is of counsel with Luxenberg, Garbett, Kelly & George P.C. His
book, "The Executioner's Toll," 2010, was released by McFarland
Publishing. You can reach him at www.mattmangino.com and follow him on Twitter
@MatthewTMangino.
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