While former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were subpoenaed to appear for House Oversight Committee depositions regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case this month, they have reportedly pushed back their dates.
“An Oversight Committee spokesperson told The Post Monday that the panel is ‘having conversations with the Clintons’ attorney to accommodate their schedules,’” said the New York Post.
According to an Aug. 5 X post from House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), Hillary Clinton was scheduled for an Oct. 9 deposition and Bill Clinton was scheduled for a deposition Tuesday. Hillary did not appear last week and the spokesperson told The Post that Bill’s deposition won’t occur today.
Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and financier who at one time mingled with famous and powerful figures, died in 2019 while on trial for sex trafficking. While officials have called his death a suicide, many have doubted that narrative. Theories about Epstein swirl in part due to his history with figures such as Clinton and current President Donald Trump.
This year, his name has frequently been in headlines following a controversial announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation that no more information about the case would be released. Furthermore, Epstein associate and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell appealed her 20-year-sentence for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse minors but was rejected recently by the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump told reporters this month that he would “have to take a look” at Maxwell’s case before considering a pardon for her, potentially the only way for her to go free.
In its own investigation of Epstein, the House Oversight Committee published documents included in an alleged birthday book Maxwell apparently compiled for Epstein in 2003 for his 50th birthday. Messages allegedly from Trump and Bill Clinton are included in the book, as well as a reference to Bill Clinton in a message allegedly from attorney Alan Dershowitz.
Trump has denied that he sent or signed the letter attributed to him. The president has acknowledged knowing Epstein but evidence suggests the two stopped communicating in the early 2000s.
Bill Clinton also acknowledged that he knew Epstein in his 2024 book “Citizen: My Life After the White House”, The Post noted. He said that he flew aboard Epstein’s private plane (nicknamed the Lolita Express) in connection to his work with his Clinton Global Initiative nonprofit. However, he denied visiting Epstein’s island.
“I wish I had never met him,” the former president – who in his second term was embroiled in a scandal regarding inappropriate conduct with White House intern Monica Lewinsky – wrote. He also said that he had no idea that Epstein was trafficking minors.
The New York Post’s report said that Epstein visited the White House at least 17 time starting shortly after Clinton began his first term in 1993. It also said Epstein donated $10,000 in 1993 to the White House Historical Association, citing to the former first lady’s files.
Per transcripts from the House Oversight Committee of a new interview with Maxwell conducted this year, Maxwell discussed Epstein’s relationship with Bill Clinton.
“President Clinton was my friend, not Epstein’s friend,” she said. Maxwell said she even attended the wedding of Chelsea Clinton.
Trump mentioned to reporters this week on Air Force One that he and Bill Clinton were also friends once. He added that the former president went to his wedding, along with Hillary. Neither the Clintons nor Trump have been accused of any wrongdoing regarding Epstein.