Hillary Clinton says she has no new information about Jeffrey Epstein in testimony that sharply criticizes Republicans
Release Date
02/26/2026
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified Thursday before the House Oversight Committee that she has no new information about Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, criticizing the Republican handling of investigations into the deceased convicted sex offender.
“I had no idea about his criminal activities. I don’t recall ever meeting Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his home or offices on the island,” she testified during a closed-door hearing with lawmakers.
Hillary Clinton accused the panel of engaging in partisan “fishing expeditions” by compelling her and her husband to testify, and asserted that they are interviewing the wrong people. “I have been compelled to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that could contribute to their investigation, in order to deflect attention from President [Donald] Trump’s actions and cover them up despite legitimate requests for answers,” he wrote in the statement. “If this committee truly wants to uncover the truth about Epstein’s trafficking crimes, it would not rely on the press for answers from our current president about his involvement; it would ask him directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he appears in the Epstein files,” the statement said.
President Trump has not been charged with any crimes related to Epstein and has denied it. The Clintons have also repeatedly denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein and have not been charged with any crimes related to him.
Committee Chairman James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, told reporters before the interview, “This is not a partisan witch hunt. It was a motion, a bipartisan motion, supported by the Democrats, to include the Clintons. So I don’t think it’s unfair to the Clintons at all.”
The interview, which will be videotaped, will take place in Chappaqua, New York, where the Clintons own a home. The committee will meet with former President Bill Clinton on Friday for a similar deposition.
Comer said it “would be a long video and a long deposition,” and that the former president’s deposition would be “even longer.”
A source familiar with the situation told the Media that Thursday’s questioning was briefly suspended after conservative influencer Benny Johnson posted two photos of Clinton during the questioning on social media, which he said were shared with him by Representative Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican. “Benny did nothing wrong. Proceeding with the deposition,” Boebert tweeted shortly afterward.
The panel’s top Democrat, Representative Robert Garcia of California, told reporters during a mid-afternoon recess that Boebert’s actions were “totally against the rules” and that there should be “repercussions.”
Garcia asserted that Clinton had answered all the questions put to her and did not invoke her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Speaking to reporters throughout the day, committee Democrats expressed hope that the Clintons’ deposition would pave the way for depositions from other prominent politicians named in the files, including Trump.
“This committee has set a new precedent regarding speaking with presidents and former presidents, and we immediately demand that we ask President Trump to testify before our committee and be deposed before oversight Republicans and Democrats,” Garcia stated. “And that should happen immediately.”
The in-person interviews come after months of bitter exchanges between the former first couple and the committee, which at one point threatened to hold the Clintons in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena it issued in August.
