Bill Clinton Asked If He Had 'Any Sexual Contact With Young Women Or Girls' In Epstein's Presence — Transcript

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1. 0:07Mr. President, before we left off, I
2. 0:10asked you to characterize your
3. 0:11relationship with Mr. Epstein. I asked
4. 0:13you if you considered him to be a
5. 0:15friend. You said you did not. Is that
6. 0:18right?
7. 0:19I'd say we were friendly. We had a
8. 0:21cordial relations, but I didn't know him
9. 0:23well enough.
10. 0:25Because we had almost no contact beyond
11. 0:27what I described.
12. 0:29At this time, I'd like to introduce what
13. 0:31will be marked as majority exhibit 13.
14. 0:35This is Bates marked House Oversight
15. 0:37000126.
16. 0:41And while it's being passed out, this is
17. 0:43a letter from a book of letters which
18. 0:45was for Mr.
19. 0:46>> birthday. Jeffrey Epstein's 50th
20. 0:48birthday. Questions.
21. 0:51Yeah.
22. 0:53Mr. President, do you recognize this
23. 0:54letter?
24. 0:56>> And for the record, does this appear to
25. 0:58be your handwriting and signature?
26. 1:00>> And
27. 1:02why did you write this letter?
28. 1:05Why did I?
29. 1:06Because I was requested to
30. 1:09contribute a nice letter for his
31. 1:11birthday book.
32. 1:13And who asked you to write the letter?
33. 1:16I don't know. I don't remember.
34. 1:18Would Miss Maxwell have asked you?
35. 1:20>> know. I think maybe someone on my staff
36. 1:22asked me.
37. 1:25Now,
38. 1:26there's a word that
39. 1:29our committee has not been able to
40. 1:30identify and in our defense, the Wall
41. 1:33Street Journal has not been able to
42. 1:35identify.
43. 1:36>> Imagine being on his staff. Can you
44. 1:37please read the letter for the record?
45. 1:41Yes.
46. 1:43It's reassuring, isn't it? Good luck so
47. 1:46long across all the years
48. 1:48of learning and knowing, adventures and
49. 1:50errors.
50. 1:52And still the happier childlike
51. 1:53curiosity, the drive to make a
52. 1:56difference and the solace of friends.
53. 2:02Not a bad list.
54. 2:04And because we haven't been able to
55. 2:07identify that word until now, what did
56. 2:09you
57. 2:10>> Which word was it that you could not
58. 2:11>> Solace, you couldn't
59. 2:12>> No, no, errors.
60. 2:14Errors.
61. 2:17What do they all mean? Anybody who's
62. 2:19lived 50 years
63. 2:21and done anything has made mistakes as
64. 2:23well as progress. Done things.
65. 2:25But for the record, you weren't
66. 2:26referring to errors in judgment that Mr.
67. 2:29Epstein had related to his
68. 2:32inappropriate activities involving you.
69. 2:34>> Absolutely not. I knew nothing about
70. 2:36that.
71. 2:42Did you ever see the birthday book
72. 2:43compiled together?
73. 2:44I don't think so.
74. 2:49And you mentioned previously
75. 2:52you were friendly with Mr. Epstein.
76. 2:56Did you typically send birthday wishes
77. 2:59to individuals that you didn't consider
78. 3:01be friends though?
79. 3:04No, I I'm I send out literally hundreds
80. 3:07and hundreds of birthday letters every
81. 3:08year to people that have been my
82. 3:10friends.
83. 3:12And
84. 3:13but if somebody's doing a special
85. 3:16I've sent birthday letters of
86. 3:18congratulations to people I've met two
87. 3:20or three times.
88. 3:21Or their 70th birthday, their 80th
89. 3:24birthday, their you know, 50th wedding
90. 3:27anniversary.
91. 3:29I do it. And I found I told you I
92. 3:32thought Epstein was
93. 3:33interesting and curious. So I wrote a
94. 3:36letter that I thought reflected that.
95. 3:38Can you elaborate on what made him
96. 3:40interesting and curious?
97. 3:42No more than I've already said.
98. 3:46At this time I'd like to introduce what
99. 3:48we mark as majority exhibit 14.
100. 3:51And while it's being handed this is an
101. 3:53article published by the New York Times
102. 3:55on August 5th, 2025 entitled A look
103. 3:59inside Epstein's Manhattan lair.
104. 4:02And once you receive the article, I will
105. 4:04just direct your attention to page 10.
106. 4:08Where is that? They haven't brought it
107. 4:10yet.
108. 4:14>> [clears throat]
109. 4:18>> Thank you very much, gentlemen.
110. 4:23And we're specifically
111. 4:26looking at a framed photo on a wooden
112. 4:29table alongside multiple other framed
113. 4:31photos.
114. 4:33And we're focusing on the photo in the
115. 4:34middle,
116. 4:36which appears to have a golden frame.
117. 4:43What page is it? I think two more pages.
118. 4:48Right there.
119. 4:54Not the page with the book.
120. 4:56Yeah, okay. I see it.
121. 4:58Page 10? Is that what we're on? Page 10.
122. 5:02Mr. President, do you recognize yourself
123. 5:04in this photo? I do. And it appears that
124. 5:07the man on the right of the photo is
125. 5:10Jeffrey Epstein, is that correct?
126. 5:11>> I think so. Have you seen this
127. 5:13photograph before today?
128. 5:16Only in this picture.
129. 5:19And for the record, what is happening in
130. 5:21in this photo?
131. 5:23He's
132. 5:25smiling at me. Looks like he's talking
133. 5:26to me.
134. 5:28This is one of the friendly interactions
135. 5:30that you're describing earlier?
136. 5:31>> Yes.
137. 5:32And can you describe the circumstances
138. 5:34surrounding this photo?
139. 5:35>> Are you asking him if he recalls this I
140. 5:37do not. I have no idea.
141. 5:40I see Richard Branson in the back and
142. 5:45Okay. Other people have told me.
143. 5:50But I don't remember anything about it.
144. 5:53And
145. 5:54you appear to be comfortable with Mr.
146. 5:55Epstein in this photo. Would you
147. 5:56disagree with
148. 5:58that characterization?
149. 5:59>> you're creating a characterization. He's
150. 6:00already responded to your question about
151. 6:02the picture.
152. 6:03I'm comfortable with all the I'm
153. 6:05comfortable here.
154. 6:06I'm not happy, but I'm comfortable.
155. 6:08>> [laughter]
156. 6:17>> And my conscience is clear. That helps.
157. 6:37Is that
158. 6:39Can I see it?
159. 6:50Okay.
160. 6:55Mr. President, [clears throat] we have
161. 6:56about 5 minutes remaining in the
162. 6:58majority's first hour. So I just want to
163. 7:01ask you some questions related to
164. 7:05the crimes committed by Mr. Epstein and
165. 7:08Ms. Maxwell.
166. 7:11Did you ever witness Mr. Epstein
167. 7:14sexually abuse or assault young women or
168. 7:16girls?
169. 7:17>> No. Did you ever witness Mr. Epstein
170. 7:19receive massages from young women or
171. 7:21girls?
172. 7:23Not that I recall.
173. 7:25Did Mr. Epstein ever discuss sexual acts
174. 7:28of any kind with you? No.
175. 7:33Did you ever have any sexual contact
176. 7:36with young women or girls in the
177. 7:38presence of Epstein or Maxwell?
178. 7:42No.
179. 7:45Did you ever have sexual contact with
180. 7:47any young woman or girl introduced to
181. 7:50you by Epstein or Maxwell?
182. 7:52>> No.
183. 7:56Mr. President, with the benefit of
184. 7:58hindsight,
185. 8:00were there
186. 8:01things you witnessed that could have
187. 8:02suggested
188. 8:04that Epstein was trafficking and
189. 8:06sexually abusing young women and girls?
190. 8:16I do not believe so.
191. 8:22We will go off the record.