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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: Hillary Clinton abruptly ended a press availability on Thursday after a reporter inquired about Guillain Maxwell's attendance at Chelsea Clinton's 2010 wedding to Mark Mesvenski.
- 0:27[SPEAKER_00]: The former Secretary of State had just completed a closed-door deposition related to Jeffrey Epstein.
- 0:32[SPEAKER_00]: During the session, a reporter asked, Can I ask, why was Guillain Maxwell invited to your daughter Chelsea Clinton's wedding?
- 0:39[SPEAKER_00]: The inquiry highlighted Maxwell's prior mention in a civil lawsuit by Virginia Jufri and Epstein's Conviction.
- 0:45[SPEAKER_00]: Clinton scald and responded, she came as the plus one, the guest of someone who was invited before cutting off further questions.
- 0:52[SPEAKER_00]: Maxwell has claimed she attended the wedding with her then boyfriend, tech entrepreneur Ted White.
- 0:57[SPEAKER_00]: The questioning came after a long day for Clinton, who was testifying about her relationship with Epstein at the behest of the House Oversight Committee.
- 1:04[SPEAKER_00]: She insisted she couldn't recall meeting Epstein and criticized the committee for summoning her based on its assumptions.
- 1:10[SPEAKER_00]: Let me be as clear as I can, she stated.
- 1:13[SPEAKER_00]: I do not.
- 1:14[SPEAKER_00]: She further asserted, I had no idea about their criminal activities.
- 1:18[SPEAKER_00]: Clinton characterized the deposition as partisan political theater, decrying questions from her public and lawmakers that straight from the Epstein investigation, including inquiries about UFOs and the conspiracy theory pizza gate.
- 1:29[SPEAKER_00]: She expressed gratitude toward Chairman James Comer for asking substantive questions about the investigation.
- 1:35[SPEAKER_00]: The session was nearly derailed when a leaked photo of Clinton during the deposition emerged, sent by Republican Representative Lauren Boberg to a right-wing influencer.
- 1:44[SPEAKER_00]: It depicted Clinton looking frustrated, prompting Clinton's adviser Nick Merrill to inform reporters that the hearing would proceed off the record while officials investigated the leak.
- 1:53[SPEAKER_01]: Boberg could face repercussions for her actions.