The scandal

Hillary to Congress: never seen Epstein, investigate Trump

The former Secretary of State: get to the bottom of the 50 pages missing from the dossier. Bill Clinton will be heard. Meanwhile si resigns Brende, ceo of the World Economic Forum

by Luca Veronese

Hillary Clinton, ex segretaria di Stato, ex first lady e candidata democratica alla presidenza nel 2016

3' min read

Translated by AI
Versione italiana

3' min read

Translated by AI
Versione italiana

Hillary Clinton's deposition on the scandal linked to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, turned from the very first bars into an attack by the former secretary of state against Donald Trump and the Republican administration, which "is trying to cover up the affair".

The Commission will then also hear Bill Clinton, whose friendship with Epstein has already become clear without criminal implications. The chairman of the Oversight Committee himself, James Comer, Republican of Kentucky, stated that 'no one is accusing the Clintons of any wrongdoing at this time' although 'there are many questions'.

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For Hillary Clinton and the Democrats, the strategy of Trump and his loyalists is obvious: raise a fuss to cover up the responsibilities of the current president. "I don't recall ever meeting Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island. And I had no knowledge of his crimes," Hillary Clinton clarified. And again, "If this Commission is serious about uncovering the truth about Epstein's human trafficking crimes, it will not rely on newspapers to get answers from our current president about his involvement, but will ask him directly, under oath, about the tens of thousands of times he appears in Epstein's files."

The former first lady, a former Democratic nominee for the White House in 2016, did not invoke the Fifth Amendment and thus answered questions to the House Committee, but also urged insistently that Trump be summoned. "A Commission that aspires to transparency should get to the bottom of the matter of the files that disappeared from the Justice Department's website in which a victim accuses Donald Trump of disgusting crimes," she added, referring to at least 50 pages of the Epstein files that, according to the New York Times, were censored and withheld to cover up a woman's allegations against Trump.

Hillary Clinton's deposition was then briefly suspended because a photo of the testimony taken behind closed doors, from the family home in Chappaqua, New York State, was shared on X. Posting the photo was allegedly Benny Johnson, a right-wing Maga influencer, who claimed to have received it from Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert.

The web of power, sexual abuse, business and politics that had developed around Epstein is engulfing other outstanding figures in the USA and Europe. Yesterday the president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, Borge Brende, on whom the Forum itself had already launched an internal investigation, resigned. Larry Summers, the former Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton presidency, who was also involved in the friendship with Epstein, will cease teaching at Harvard at the end of the year. And while, in this murky affair, there is a public apology from Bill Gates, there is concern for the health of Thorbjorn Jagland: the former Norwegian prime minister, according to his country's press, may have attempted suicide after being indicted on serious corruption charges linked to Epstein.

Epstein, Camera Usa avvia procedimento contro i Clinton per oltraggio

Hillary Clinton demanded transparency by calling Elon Musk, one of the tycoon's big supporters, to testify in addition to Trump. "I am as horrified as any normal person by Epstein's crimes," she said accusing the Trump administration and the Commission itself of having "abandoned the surviving victims" and "protecting powerful men and political allies". "Anyone who asks what night there was supposedly the "wildest party" on Epstein Island, as Musk did, should be called to testify," according to Hillary Clinton.

The Commission will hear on Friday 27 February, also behind closed doors, Bill Clinton, whose position appears much more difficult than that of his wife. The former Democratic president - who so far is not charged with any crime - dated Epstein for years after leaving the White House, as evidenced by photos at the swimming pool and by documents on dozens of flights taken by the former president on the private jet of the paedophile financier who died in prison in 2019.

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