former president of the united states bill clinton Tells lawmakers President Donald Trump mentioned spending ‘some good times’ with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein before their relationship ended, according to video testimony released Monday.
Clinton said in a videotaped testimony before the House Oversight Committee that the conversation took place at a golf tournament in 2002 or 2003, after he had left office and more than a decade after Trump was elected president.
“Somehow, he knew I flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane,” Clinton said under oath. “He said, ‘You know, we’ve had some great times together over the years, but we had a falling out over a real estate deal.'”
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Details of Clinton’s relationship with Epstein
Clinton says in deposition that former Treasury secretary introduced him to Epstein Larry Summerswho described Epstein as a donor willing to support Clinton’s charitable activities.
Clinton said he flew on Epstein’s planes to Asia, Africa and Europe, as well as from Florida to New York, but ended working with him after 2003.
“I think Mr. Epstein was an interesting man, but I don’t think he was really interested in what I was doing,” Clinton said.
Clinton also said he had never visited Epstein’s private Caribbean island and was unaware of Epstein’s 17 visits to the White House while he was president from 1993 to 2001.
He denies any sexual contact with anyone introduced by Epstein or his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Are Trump’s comments causing concern?
Clinton told lawmakers that Trump’s comments did not lead him to believe the then-businessman was involved in any wrongdoing related to Epstein.
Both Clinton and Trump had ties to Epstein before the financier Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from a minor.
Epstein was arrested again in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges and later died in prison. Authorities ruled his death a suicide.
Neither Clinton nor Trump have been charged by authorities with criminal activity related to Epstein. Both said multiple times they saw no evidence of sex trafficking during their interactions with him.
