'I Grew Up Witnessing Abuse At Home...I Did Nothing Wrong': Bill Clinton Testifies To Congress About Epstein Ties

Washington DC: Former US President Bill Clinton on Friday testified to the Congress over his ties to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In his testimony, Clinton said that he did nothing wrong and had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing.

Clinton's Opening Statement

In his opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Bill Clinton said, “I'm here today for two reasons. The first is that I love my country. And America was built upon the idea that no person is above the law, even Presidents-especially Presidents.

Democracy requires every person to play their part, and I hope that by being here today, we can bring ourselves a little further away from the brink and back to being a country where we can disagree with one another civilly-where the search for truth and justice outweighs the partisan urge to score points and create spectacle. I'll do my part, and I hope you'll do yours.

The second reason I'm here is that the girls and women whose lives Jeffrey Epstein destroyed deserve not only justice, but healing. They've been waiting too long for both. Though my brief acquaintance with Epstein ended years before his crimes came to light, and though I never witnessed during our limited interactions any indication of what was truly going on, I am here to offer what little I know so that it might prevent anything like this from ever happening again."

‘You Made My Wife…'

Bill Clinton also rapped the committee for calling in his wife, Hillary Clinton, to testify over Epstein.

“I have to get personal. You made Hillary come in.”

“She had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Nothing. She has no memory of even meeting him. She neither traveled with him nor visited any of his properties. Whether you subpoenaed 10 people or 10,000, including her was simply not right,” Bill Clinton firmly stated.

‘Had No Idea Of Crimes Epstein Was Committing’

Bill Clinton asserted that he had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing. "No matter how many photos you show me, I have two things that at the end of the day matter more than your interpretation of those 20-year-old photos.

I know what I saw, and more importantly, what I didn't see.

I know what I did, and more importantly, what I didn't do.

I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong," the former President added.

‘I Grew Up In A Home With Domestic Abuse’

Bill Clinton told the committee that he grew up in a home with domestic abuse, hence, if he had any hint of what Epstein was doing, he not only would have not flown on his plane, he would have turned him in.

“As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing-l would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes, not sweetheart deals. But even with 20/20 hindsight, I saw nothing that ever gave me pause. We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long. And by the time it came to light with his 2008 guilty plea, I had long stopped associating with him."

Pics of Clinton In Epstein Files

Several never-before-seen pictures of Bill Clinton featured in the information released from the Epstein files in December. One of the pictures showed a half-naked former President chilling in a jacuzzi with a mystery woman, whose face was redacted.

Another picture showed that Ghislaine Maxwell was also in the jacuzzi with Clinton and the mystery woman. British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly lured and groomed young women for paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his high-profile clients.

Clinton was also seen posing with several mystery women in the Epstein files.

One of the pictures showed the former president grinning widely with a woman sitting close to him, with her arms around his shoulder.