Former President Invoice Clinton is due to testify on Friday (Feb 27) behind closed doorways to a congressional panel about his ties to the late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, in what might be a tense confrontation between the previous Democratic chief and President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans.
Clinton’s testimony, scheduled for 11am, follows that of his spouse, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who informed the Home of Representatives Oversight Committee on Thursday that she doesn’t keep in mind ever assembly Epstein and had nothing to share about his intercourse crimes.
Invoice Clinton, nevertheless, flew on Epstein’s aircraft a number of instances within the early 2000s after he left workplace, and a tranche of hundreds of thousands of paperwork launched by the Justice Division includes photos of him with girls whose faces are redacted. He has denied wrongdoing and expressed remorse for his affiliation.
The panel’s Republican chairman, Consultant James Comer of Kentucky, says the Clintons are usually not accused of wrongdoing however should reply questions on Epstein’s involvement with their charitable basis.
They agreed to testify close to their foremost residence of Chappaqua, New York, after the Home of Representatives threatened to carry them in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate. Some Democrats supported the transfer.
Each Clintons accuse Republicans of conducting a partisan train designed to guard President Donald Trump from scrutiny, noting that others within the inquiry had been allowed to submit written statements fairly than testify in particular person.
Democrats say the panel also needs to subpoena Trump, whose title seems often within the Epstein-related recordsdata. Trump socialised extensively with Epstein within the Nineties and 2000s, earlier than Epstein’s 2008 conviction of soliciting prostitution from a minor.
