former secretary of state Hillary Clinton On February 26, Clinton testified behind closed doors before the House Oversight Committee about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.Clinton told reporters at a news conference after the hearing that Maxwell was a guest at the wedding, but she did not identify that person. Epstein associate Maxwell committed suicide in a New York prison in 2019 while awaiting sex trafficking charges, Newsweek reported.Clinton’s testimony comes amid ongoing scrutiny of high-profile individuals named in documents related to Epstein after the Justice Department released more than 3 million pages of Epstein-related documents after President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Documents Transparency Act in November 2025. Former President Bill Clinton features prominently in a batch of heavily edited photos, including one of him at a swimming pool with Epstein and Maxwell. Neither Hillary Bill Clinton has also not been accused of any wrongdoing, and appearing in Epstein’s dossier does not imply wrongdoing or criminal conduct.Yesterday’s testimony came as the Republican-led House Oversight Committee in January approved contempt resolutions against Bill Clinton 34-8 and Hillary Clinton 28-15 after both failed to appear in court for subpoenaed testimony. The subpoena was first issued in July. The Clintons worried that the request to testify was politically motivated, but they later struck a deal with House Republicans and agreed to testify.Clinton told reporters after the six-hour hearing that she had “no knowledge” of Epstein and Maxwell’s crimes.“I don’t know how many times I’ve had to say I didn’t know Jeffrey Epstein. I’d never been to his island. I’ve never been to his house. I had never been to his office. So this has been documented many times,” Clinton told reporters after testifying.Clinton also told reporters that the end of the testimony was “very unusual.”“I started getting asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate, one of the most vile false conspiracy theories spread on the internet,” she said.Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert shared a photo of Hillary Clinton taken during a closed-door meeting with a conservative influencer who posted it on social media, violating the committee’s testimony rules, leading to a pause in testimony.Hillary Clinton shared her testimony opening statement on“As I said in my sworn statement on January 13, I know nothing about their criminal activities. I do not recall ever meeting Mr. Epstein. “She continued: “I have never flown on his plane or visited his island. I have nothing to add to that.”Bill Clinton said on X earlier this month: “I’m not going to stand idly by as Republicans get scared and run away behind closed doors in kangaroo courts and they use me as a prop. If they want answers, let’s stop playing and do it the right way: in public hearings where the American people can see for themselves what this really means.”Bill Clinton is scheduled to testify on February 27. This will be the first time a former president has been forced to testify before Congress.Maxwell is serving 20 years in federal prison for being an accomplice in Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.
