Hillary Clinton testifies in the Epstein case and says she does not remember ever meeting the pedophile.

WashingtonThe '90s are back, at least for the Clintons. In a kind of déjà-vu Pernicious, the Democratic couple finds themselves once again embroiled in a new scandal involving sex, power, money, and questionable conduct in the eyes of the public. Although the Lewinsky affair pales in comparison to the Epstein caseThe crisis that is now affecting them. Hillary Clinton was the first to be questioned this Thursday by a Republican committee of the House of Representatives in Chappaqua, New York, where the couple resides. Former President Bill Clinton will testify tomorrow. In her appearance, the Democrat asserted that she has no knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities and that she does not recall ever meeting with him. Although the session is closed to the public, the committee is recording it for later release.

"I have no idea about his criminal activities. I do not recall ever meeting or encountering Epstein. I never wanted to use his plane or visit his island, homes, or offices. I have nothing to add on all of this," Hillary Clinton told the committee. She later shared these statements on social media in a press release. "She has held a total of zero public hearings, and she hasn't allowed the media in, including today, despite invoking the need for transparency on dozens of occasions," Hillary Clinton snapped at the Republican majority, led by committee chairman James Comer, who had pressured for her to appear. Earlier that morning, before his wife was scheduled to testify, Bill Clinton also insisted that the hearing be broadcast live.

After months of litigating to avoid appearing regarding their relationship with Epstein, the couple finally relented only after the House of Representatives moved forward with a bipartisan vote to declare them in criminal disobedience to Congress. The Clintons denounce the hearing as a Republican plot to damage them. In her testimony, the Democrat didn't miss the opportunity to reiterate Trump's appearance—he is cited more than 5,000 times in the documents—in the Justice Department's latest publication: "I've put very little effort into bringing people to testify who appear much more frequently in the Epstein papers."

Hillary Clinton has always maintained that she did not know Epstein. The records and photographs related to the pedophile refer to Bill Clinton. Based on the investigation into the pedophile, who died in 2019 in his jail cell before his trial, it is known that the former president traveled on the billionaire's private jet at least 16 times. Bill Clinton also appears in a photograph in a jacuzzi with women and in two other photographs embracing a woman. In one of them, the woman is sitting on his lap. In another, he appears with Epstein.

The former president was also photographed with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former partner and accomplice in the child trafficking and sex trafficking ring. Maxwell recently invoked her Fifth Amendment right against testifying before Congress and offered to exonerate Trump in exchange for immunity. Maxwell's testimony could be key to clarifying the relationships between both Trump and Bill Clinton with Epstein.

The meeting coincides with the renewed momentum of the Epstein case in the United States after several American media outlets reported that the Justice Department had withheld key documents on allegations against Donald Trump of sexually abusing a minor. Among the three million files the Justice Department uploaded to the public database is an FBI index of a series of interviews with a woman who alleged in 2019 that she had been sexually assaulted by Trump and Epstein. But three of the four interviews are missing from the vast collection of documents. It's unclear why the Justice Department omitted this information. All the emails, photographs, and memos related to the investigation were eventually released by the government, compelled by a transparency law passed by Congress. Trump, who had previously refused to release the files, had to yield to congressional pressure.

This Wednesday, the Justice Department responded, stating it would review whether the documents containing the allegations against Trump were improperly withheld. Clinton also referred to this issue during her testimony. "I would get to the bottom of why the Justice Department withheld FBI interviews in which a survivor accuses President Trump of terrible crimes," she said, listing a long list of actions not being taken in response to the release of the documents. "Instead, they have brought me in to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge whatsoever that could assist their investigation, to distract from President Trump's actions and to cover him up despite legitimate demands for answers."