Hillary Clinton gives evidence to a Congressional committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In a published opening statement, Mrs Clinton said she had no recollection of ever meeting Epstein and castigated the committee for failing to question people who did have dealings with him, including President Trump.
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(Picture: Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer speaks to the press ahead of US former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's scheduled testimony. Credit: Federova / EPA)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour, live from the BBC World Service in London. I'm Rebecca Kesbby. |
| 0:15.9 | The former US Secretary of State, former First Lady and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is the |
| 0:23.4 | latest to face the US House Oversight Committee as part of their investigation into the late |
| 0:28.9 | convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It's a closed session, so no cameras are allowed in the room, |
| 0:35.2 | but shortly before her hearing began, Mrs. Clinton published her opening statement online. |
| 0:41.8 | In it, she denies any knowledge of Epstein's crimes. |
| 0:45.3 | In fact, she says she didn't even know him. |
| 0:47.9 | One of my colleagues has voiced up part of the statement. |
| 0:51.1 | The committee justified its subpoena to me based on its assumption that I have |
| 0:55.3 | information regarding the investigations into the criminal activities of Jeffrey Epstein |
| 1:00.2 | and Galane Maxwell. Let me be as clear as I can. I do not. As I stated in my sworn |
| 1:07.8 | declaration on January 13, I had no idea about their criminal activities. |
| 1:13.6 | I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. |
| 1:16.9 | I never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes or offices. |
| 1:22.1 | I have nothing to add to that. |
| 1:23.6 | Well, earlier in the day, James Comer, Republican chair of the bipartisan committee, |
| 1:29.3 | explained why questions have to be asked. The American people have a lot of questions. To my knowledge, |
| 1:36.4 | the Clintons haven't answered very many, if any, questions about their knowledge or involvement |
| 1:40.8 | with Epstein and Maxwell. Again, no one's accusing at this moment the Clintons of any wrongdoing. |
| 1:47.0 | They're going to have due process. |
| 1:49.0 | But we have a lot of questions. |
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