Hillary Clinton is sitting for a closed-door, recorded deposition Thursday with members of the House Oversight Committee, who will ask her questions about Jeffrey Epstein as part of the committee’s broader investigation.
The former secretary of state and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, agreed to sit for separate depositions about Epstein after trying to defy subpoenas from the committee.
Hillary Clinton has insisted she had no personal relationship with Epstein, nor did she know anything of his crimes. However, she is being asked questions because her husband had a social and professional relationship with the sex offender, who died by suicide in 2019.
Bill Clinton has denied wrongdoing and has not been formally charged with any crime associated with Epstein.
Elsewhere today, U.S. officials are taking part in another high-stakes meeting with Iranian officials in Geneva over a nuclear program deal that President Donald Trump is trying to broker.
Tensions between the two countries are simmering as Trump seeks to pressure Tehran into a deal by building up military in the Middle East.
Democrats on Oversight Committee say they want President Trump to testify
Rep. Robert Garcia, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said he wants to depose President Donald Trump.
“Let’s get President Trump in front of our committee,” Garcia told reporters before heading into Hillary Clinton’s deposition.
“Now that we’ re going to hear from former President Clinton, I hope Chairman Comer and the rest of the Republicans will join us in demanding that the person who appears more times in the files… is President Donald Trump,” Garcia added.
While Trump was once friends with Epstein, he has denied any wrongdoing associated with Epstein’s crimes.
Bill Clinton will set for recorded deposition Friday
Former President Bill Clinton will sit for a closed-door, recorded deposition with the House Oversight Committee Friday.
Bill Clinton had a social and professional relationship with Epstein in the 1990s. However, Bill Clinton has denied any wrongdoing associated with Epstein’s crimes. He has also never been accused of a crime related to Epstein.
Secretary Howard Lutnick could be asked to sit for deposition
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick could be asked to testify before the House Oversight Committee regarding his relationship with Epstein, Comer indicated Thursday morning.
When asked if the committee planned to ask Lutnick to testify, Comer responded, “That’s very possible.”
Lutnick has never been accused of a crime associated with Epstein.
Oversight Committee chairman says video of deposition will be released
Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said they planned to release the video of Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton’s depositions once they’re approved for release.
Comer said the public can expect “a long video” because it will be “a long deposition” – particularly former President Bill Clinton’s.
Comer and other members of the committee are hosting a press conference shortly before they begin questioning Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton to testify today over Jeffrey Epstein to House Oversight Committee as Bill appears tomorrow
The Republican-led committee is traveling to the sleepy hamlet of Chappaqua to question the Clintons behind closed doors at their New York home after images of Bill Clinton were included in a tranche of documents dropped by the Justice Department, which released the files to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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Here’s what is going on today in the Trump administration
Welcome to The Independent’s live blog coverage of the Trump administration today.
Here’s what to expect today:
– Hillary Clinton is sitting for a closed-door deposition about Jeffrey Epstein to the House Oversight Committee, which is conducting a probe into Epstein.
– The U.S. is engaging in another round of talks with Iran about cutting a deal on nuclear weapons.
– U.S. officials are also meeting with Ukrainian officials to discuss post-war reconstruction.
Source: independent.co.uk