Former US president Bill Clinton gestures during the 2025 Clinton Global Initiative in New York City in September 2025. Photo: ReutersBill Clinton has told lawmakers 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. 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. "President Clinton's presence here today under oath highlights the Donald Trump-sized gaping hole in Chairman Comer's investigation," said Democratic Representative James Walkinshaw of Virginia. He socialised extensively with Epstein in the 1990s and 2000s and says he broke off ties before Epstein's 2008 conviction.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 28, 2026 10:54 UTC