Bill Clinton grilled over Epstein ties by US lawmakers

Bill Clinton told lawmakers on Friday that he “saw nothing that gave me pause” when he spent time with Jeffrey Epstein, as the former president gave closed-door testimony about his relationship with the late sex offender.In a prepared statement, Clinton told the House of Representatives Oversight Committee that he would not have flown on ‌the late financier’s plane if he had known about his alleged sex trafficking of underage girls and would have reported him if he did.“We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long,” Clinton said.Clinton flew on Epstein’s plane several times in the early 2000s after he left office and before Epstein’s 2008 conviction of soliciting prostitution from a minor. A tranche of millions of documents released by the Justice Department includes photos of Clinton with women whose faces are redacted.“I saw nothing, and ⁠I did nothing wrong,” Clinton said.Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton speaks to the press after her a deposition with the House Oversight Committee in Chappaqua, New York, on Thursday. Photo: AFPHis testimony follows that of his wife, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who told the panel on ‌Thursday that she did not remember ever meeting Epstein and had nothing to share about his sex crimes.