Former US President Bill Clinton says he “saw nothing, I did nothing wrong,” in his opening statement to US lawmakers about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Clinton says if he knew of Epstein’s crimes he would have “turned him in myself”.
The former president also criticises the committee for making his wife Hillary Clinton testify on Thursday, saying she had “nothing to do with” Epstein.
In a six hour testimony, Hillary Clinton said she “had no idea” about Epstein’s crimes and called the session “partisan political theatre”.
Republicans say they will release video of Hillary Clinton’s testimony either later on Friday or Saturday.
Images of the former president were published in the Epstein files, and he has previously said he took trips on Epstein’s plane.
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Clinton denies any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. And there is no suggestion that appearing in the Epstein documents implies wrongdoing.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump has been speaking to reporters and was asked about Bill Clinton facing questions from the House Oversight Committee.
“I don’t like seeing [it],” he said ahead of boarding Marine One.
“They certainly went after me a lot more than that.”
He also told reporters “I don’t know anything about the Epstein files”, adding “I’ve been fully exonerated”.
Speaking earlier today, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee said “a new precedent” has been set “which is to bring in presidents and former presidents to testify”.
Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing in relation to late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The president used to be friends with Epstein, but he said he cut off that relationship before the financier was accused of sexual abuse.
BBC
