Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, are calling for their congressional testimony on ties to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to be held publicly, to prevent Republicans from politicising the issue. Democrats say the probe is being weaponised to attack political opponents of President Donald Trump, himself a longtime Epstein associate who has not been called to testify rather than to conduct legitimate oversight. The Justice Department last week released the latest cache of so-called Epstein files — more than three million documents, photos and videos related to its investigation into Epstein, who died from while in custody in 2019. Bill Clinton features regularly in the files, but no evidence has come to light implicating either Clinton in criminal activity. Hillary Clinton, who ran against Mr. Trump for President in 2016, said she had no meaningful interactions with Epstein, never flew on his plane and never visited his island.

Source: The Hindu February 07, 2026 05:45 UTC