Hillary Clinton: 'Never met Epstein, had no idea of his crimes. Call Trump, not me"

"I never met Epstein and had no idea of his crimes." This was said by Hillary Clinton in her statement in testimony to the Supervisory Committee in New York. "I never got on his plane or set foot in his house," she added. "Like any normal person, I am horrified by his crimes."

And again, "It is unconscionable" that Epstein "initially received a pat on the back in 2008, which allowed him to continue his predatory practices for another decade," the former Secretary of State added. "Mr. President, your investigation should assess the federal government's handling of the investigation and prosecution of Epstein and his crimes. You subpoenaed eight law enforcement officials, all of whom headed either the Justice Department or the FBI when Epstein's crimes were investigated and prosecuted." Of these eight, moreover, "only one has appeared before the Commission. Five of the six former attorneys general were allowed to make brief statements saying they had no information to provide. You have not held any public hearings, refusing to allow the media to attend, even today, despite the fact that you have argued for transparency on dozens of occasions. You have not made much effort to call the people who appear most prominently in Epstein's files," Hillary added.

Epstein 'was an atrocious individual, but he is not the only one. This is not an isolated case, nor is it a political scandal. It is a global plague with an unimaginable human cost,' Hillary Clinton added in her statement. "A Commission that aspires to transparency should get to the bottom of the vicigation of the missing files from the Justice Department website in which a victim accuses Donald Trump of disgusting crimes," she added. "He would ask Rubio and Pam Bondi to testify because they abandoned the victims. Instead, he forced me to testify," he said. "If this commission were serious in its mission to find the truth about Epstein's crimes, they would not be content to hear the president's press points about his involvement but would have to question him, under oath," Clinton said again. "They should ask him directly to explain why his name appears hundreds of thousands of times.Who are they covering up?".

Hillary Clinton also attacked the Trump administration for 'dismantling' the State Department's Office of Trafficking in Persons, 'firing more than 70 per cent of the experts' in civil and foreign service careers who were 'working so hard to prevent' this type of crime. The annual trafficking report, required by law, 'has been delayed for months. The Trump administration's message to the American people and the world could not be clearer: fighting human trafficking is no longer an American priority under the Trump White House. This is a tragedy. It is a scandal. It deserves rigorous investigation and oversight," the former Secretary of State reiterated.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's deposition on the Epstein case - suspended after a photo of her testimony in closed session was shared on X, which is a violation of House rules - has now been resumed. CNN writes this, citing well-informed sources. "The hearing has been suspended briefly while we try to figure out where the photo came from," the former first lady's spokesman, Nick Merrill, had said. Posting the photo was Benny Johnson, a right-wing political commentator and YouTuber, who claims to have received it from Republican Representative Lauren Boebert.