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Bill Clinton And The Transcript From His Epstein Related Interview With Congress (Part 4) (8/26/26) · Beyond The Horizon

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  Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to pick up
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  Speaker 1: where we left off with Bill Clinton and his transcript
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  Speaker 1: with Congress. Jack Emmer asking the questions once again. Mr. President,
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  Speaker 1: before we left off, I asked you to characterize your
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  Speaker 1: relationship with Mr. Epstein. I asked you if you considered
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  Speaker 1: him to be a friend. You said you did not.
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  Speaker 1: Is that right? Answer. I said we were friendly and
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  Speaker 1: we had cordial relations. But I didn't know him well
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  Speaker 1: enough because we had almost no contact beyond what I described. Emmer.
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  Speaker 1: At this time, I'd like to introduce what will be
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  Speaker 1: marked as Majority Exhibit 13. And this is Bates' Marked
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  Speaker 1: House Oversight 000126. And while it's being passed out, this
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  Speaker 1: is a letter from a book of letters which was compiled.
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  Speaker 1: Clinton jumps in. Yeah, it's his 50th birthday. Jack Emmer.
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday. Somebody else pipes in. Wait for
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  Speaker 1: the questions. Jack Emmer. Mr. President, do you recognize this letter? Answer.
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  Speaker 1: I do. Question. And for the record, does this appear
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  Speaker 1: to be your handwriting and signature? Answer. It is. Question.
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  Speaker 1: And why did you write the letter? Answer. Why did I?
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  Speaker 1: Because I was requested to contribute a nice letter for
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  Speaker 1: his birthday book. Question. And who asked you to write
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  Speaker 1: the letter? Answer. I have no idea. I don't remember. Question.
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  Speaker 1: Would Ms. Maxwell have asked you? Answer, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I think someone on my staff asked me. Question, now,
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  Speaker 1: there is a word that our committee has not been
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  Speaker 1: able to identify, and our defense, the Wall Street Journal,
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  Speaker 1: has not been able to identify. Can you please read
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  Speaker 1: the letter for the record? Bill Clinton, yeah. It's reassuring,
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  Speaker 1: isn't it, to have lasted so long, across all the
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  Speaker 1: years of learning and knowing, adventures and errors, and still
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  Speaker 1: to have your childlike curiosity... the drive that make a difference,
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  Speaker 1: and the solace of friends. Not a bad letter. Emmer,
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  Speaker 1: and because we haven't been able to identify that word
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  Speaker 1: until now, which word is that that you couldn't identify?
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  Speaker 1: One of Clinton lawyers asks, Bill Clinton, solace? Emmer, no, no, errors.
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  Speaker 1: But for the record, you aren't referring to errors in
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  Speaker 1: judgment that Mr. Epstein had related to his inappropriate activities
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  Speaker 1: involving young girls? Bill Clinton, absolutely not. I knew nothing
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  Speaker 1: about that. Question. Did you ever see the birthday book
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  Speaker 1: compiled together? Answer. I don't think so. Question. And you mentioned, previously,
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  Speaker 1: you were friendly with Mr. Epstein. Did you typically send
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  Speaker 1: birthday wishes to individuals that you didn't consider to be friends? Answer. No.
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  Speaker 1: I send out literally hundreds and hundreds of birthday letters
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  Speaker 1: every year to people that have been my friends. But
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  Speaker 1: if somebody's doing a special... I've sent birthday letters of
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  Speaker 1: congratulation to people I've met two or three times for
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  Speaker 1: their 70th birthday and their 80th birthday, their 50th wedding anniversary.
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  Speaker 1: I do it, and I found, I've told you, I
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  Speaker 1: thought Epstein was interesting and curious, so I wrote a
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  Speaker 1: letter that I thought reflected that. Question, can you elaborate
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  Speaker 1: on what made him interesting and curious? Answer, no more
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  Speaker 1: than I've already said. Question, at this time, I'd like
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  Speaker 1: to introduce... what'll be marked as Majority Exhibit 14. And
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  Speaker 1: while it's being handed out, this is an article published
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  Speaker 1: by the New York Times on August 5th, 2025, entitled,
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  Speaker 1: A Look Inside Epstein's Manhattan Lair. And once you receive
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  Speaker 1: the article, I will direct your attention to page 10.
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  Speaker 1: Bill Clinton, where is that? His lawyer? No, they haven't
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  Speaker 1: brought it yet. It's coming around. Jack Emmer, and we're
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  Speaker 1: specifically looking at the framed photo on a wooden table alongside...
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  Speaker 1: multiple other framed photos. And we're focusing on the photo
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  Speaker 1: in the middle, which appears to have a golden frame.
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  Speaker 1: Bill Clinton, where is that? His lawyer points it out.
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  Speaker 1: Bill Clinton, yeah, okay, I see it. Question. Mr. President,
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  Speaker 1: do you recognize yourself in the photo? Answer, I do. Question.
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  Speaker 1: And it appears that the man on the right of
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  Speaker 1: the photo is Jeffrey Epstein. Is that correct? Answer, I
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  Speaker 1: think so. Question. Have you seen this photograph before today? Answer,
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  Speaker 1: only in this picture. Question, and for the record, what's
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  Speaker 1: happening in this photo? Answer, he's smiling at me. He
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  Speaker 1: looks like he's talking to me. Question, this is one
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  Speaker 1: of the friendly interactions that you were describing earlier? Answer, yes. Question,
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  Speaker 1: and can you describe the circumstances surrounding the photo? His
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  Speaker 1: lawyer jumps in. Are you asking if he recalls? Bill
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  Speaker 1: Clinton cuts his lawyer off. I do not. I have
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  Speaker 1: no idea. I see Richard Branson in the back and
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  Speaker 1: other people. Question, okay, that's fine. Answer, but I don't
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  Speaker 1: remember anything about it. Question, and you appear to be
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  Speaker 1: comfortable with Mr. Epstein in this photo. Would you disagree
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  Speaker 1: with that characterization? His lawyer jumps in again. So are
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  Speaker 1: you creating a characterization? He's already responded to your question
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  Speaker 1: about the picture. Bill Clinton, I'm comfortable. I'm comfortable here.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not happy, but I'm comfortable. And my conscience is
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  Speaker 1: clear if that helps. Question, Mr. President, we have about
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  Speaker 1: five minutes remaining in the majority's first hour. So I
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  Speaker 1: just want to ask you some questions related to the
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  Speaker 1: crimes committed by Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell. Did you
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  Speaker 1: ever witness Mr. Epstein sexually abuse or assault young women
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  Speaker 1: or girls? Answer, no. Question, did you ever witness Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Epstein receive massages from young women or girls? Answer, not
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  Speaker 1: that I recall. Question, did Mr. Epstein ever discuss sexual
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  Speaker 1: acts of any kind with you? Answer, no. Question, Did
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  Speaker 1: you ever have any sexual contact with young women or
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  Speaker 1: girls in the presence of Epstein or Maxwell? Answer, no. Question,
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  Speaker 1: did you ever have sexual contact with any young woman
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  Speaker 1: or girl introduced to you by Epstein or Maxwell? Answer, no. Question, Mr. President,
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  Speaker 1: with the benefit of hindsight, were there things you witnessed
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  Speaker 1: that could have suggested that Epstein was trafficking and sexually
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  Speaker 1: abusing young women and girls? Answer, I don't believe so.
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  Speaker 1: Jack Emmer, we'll go off the record. And now they're
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  Speaker 1: back on the record. And now we have Redacted doing
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  Speaker 1: the questioning for the minority. My name is Redacted, and
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  Speaker 1: I'll be doing most of the questioning for the minority today. First,
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  Speaker 1: I want to thank you for your long and distinguished
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  Speaker 1: service to this country. I also want to thank you
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  Speaker 1: for your time today. We appreciate it. Before we get
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  Speaker 1: to questions, I'd like to take a few minutes and
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  Speaker 1: highlight some context that we think is relevant for today's conversation.
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  Speaker 1: President Trump had a long-standing personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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  Speaker 1: That's not a secret. It's well documented, and I think
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  Speaker 1: the public and everyone in Congress understands that at this point.
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  Speaker 1: President Trump does not like talking about his long-standing personal
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  Speaker 1: relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. I think we've all seen that
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  Speaker 1: as well. On November 12th of last year, Oversight Committee
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  Speaker 1: Democrats released emails that were obtained from the estate of
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein. In one email from 2011, Epstein said to
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  Speaker 1: Ghislaine Maxwell that President Trump was, quote, that dog that
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  Speaker 1: hasn't barked, and that an unnamed victim, quote, spent hours
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  Speaker 1: at my house with him. In another email from 2019,
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  Speaker 1: Epstein wrote that, quote, of course he's referring to President Trump,
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  Speaker 1: and that he knew about the girls as he asked
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  Speaker 1: Ghislaine to stop. I'd like to enter, as Minority Exhibit A,
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  Speaker 1: Oversight Democrats press release from November 12, 2025, titled, Oversight
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  Speaker 1: Committee releases Jeffrey Epstein email correspondence raising questions about White
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  Speaker 1: House cover-up of Epstein files, and that includes both the
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  Speaker 1: emails that I had mentioned. There was a fair amount
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  Speaker 1: of public attention on those emails, and two days later,
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  Speaker 1: President Trump asked the Department of Justice to investigate Epstein's
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  Speaker 1: relationship with yourself, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, and JPMorgan Chase.
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  Speaker 1: You are, of course, a former Democratic President of the
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  Speaker 1: United States, notably President Trump, did not include any Republicans
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  Speaker 1: in his demands. Later that day, Attorney General Pam Bondi
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  Speaker 1: posted on social media that the U.S. Attorney for Southern
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  Speaker 1: District of New York would comply with President Trump's directive
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  Speaker 1: and take the lead on the investigation. I would like
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  Speaker 1: to enter as Minority Exhibit B. Attorney General Bondi's post
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  Speaker 1: on X, which also includes President Trump's post on Truth Social.
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  Speaker 1: It's well understood that you had a personal relationship with Mr. Epstein,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll talk about that later today. but the events
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  Speaker 1: I just described color our perspective on the conversation. It
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  Speaker 1: appears as if you and other Democratic figures have been
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  Speaker 1: targeted by President Trump in an attempt to distract the
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  Speaker 1: American people from his own long-standing relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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  Speaker 1: And if that were true, it would not be the
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  Speaker 1: first time President Trump has targeted his political enemies under
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  Speaker 1: the guise of law enforcement. This deposition is occurring in
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  Speaker 1: the context of unprecedented weaponization and of the Department of
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  Speaker 1: Justice by Donald Trump. You may have a perspective on
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  Speaker 1: this of your own, so before we get started, I
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  Speaker 1: just want to give you the opportunity to share any
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  Speaker 1: thoughts you might have on that subject. As if we
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  Speaker 1: need that. The whole preamble. Save that shit. Nobody cares
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  Speaker 1: about your whataboutism. Golly. Bill Clinton, I think I'll let
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  Speaker 1: you ask me some questions, and maybe at the end
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  Speaker 1: I'll say something. Question? That sounds fine, thank you. I'd
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  Speaker 1: like to start our conversation with a few foundational questions.
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  Speaker 1: so we can just set the record straight from the
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  Speaker 1: very beginning. With respect to your relationship with Mr. Epstein,
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  Speaker 1: did you ever at any point during your interaction with
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein know about the sexual abuse that he was
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  Speaker 1: committing against minors and young women? Answer, no. Question, with
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  Speaker 1: respect to your relationship with... with Ghislaine Maxwell, did you
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  Speaker 1: ever at any point during your interaction with Ghislaine Maxwell
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  Speaker 1: know about the sexual abuse that she committed and facilitated
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  Speaker 1: against minors and young women? Answer, no. Question, have you
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  Speaker 1: ever at any point visited Jeffrey Epstein's former estate on
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  Speaker 1: Little St. James Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands? Bill Clinton, no. Question,
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  Speaker 1: in February of last year, Attorney General Pam Bondi said
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  Speaker 1: on Fox News that you traveled on Mr. Epstein's plane, quote,
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  Speaker 1: because it supposedly had a bed in there where Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Epstein had young girls. I'll ask you, did you fly
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  Speaker 1: on Mr. Epstein's plane because it had a bed where
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein had young girls? Bill Clinton, no. Question, are
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  Speaker 1: there Any other accusations that have been made against you
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  Speaker 1: with respect to Mr. Epstein that you'd like to address
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  Speaker 1: before we get started with some chronological questions? Well, that's weird.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody else was asked that question. Nobody else was given
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  Speaker 1: that chance to do that. But I guess Bill Clinton's special, right?
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  Speaker 1: He's one of ours. He's on our team. Clinton, well,
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  Speaker 1: I think you pretty much well covered it. Thank you. Question,
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  Speaker 1: thank you. I'll ask you a series of chronological questions.
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  Speaker 1: I'd like to try to create one clear chronological record.
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  Speaker 1: Some of that might be repetitive from what you've already
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  Speaker 1: talked about. I'll try to keep that to a minimum.
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  Speaker 1: All these questions are from a long time ago. If
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  Speaker 1: you don't recall anything about what I'm asking, just let
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  Speaker 1: me know. Starting with the events before and during your presidency,
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  Speaker 1: the earliest known link that we're aware of between yourself
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  Speaker 1: and Mr. Epstein is that he made a pair of
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  Speaker 1: campaign contributions to you in 92. There was 1,000 contribution
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  Speaker 1: to your presidential election committee in January of 92 and
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  Speaker 1: another 1,000 in June to the Clinton-Gore General Election Compliance Fund.
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  Speaker 1: I imagine a lot of folks donate $ 1, 000 to your campaign.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have any specific recollection or knowledge of those
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  Speaker 1: particular contributions? Bill Clinton, no. I think this is the
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  Speaker 1: first time that I've ever known that. All right, folks,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to wrap up right here. And in the
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  Speaker 1: next episode dealing with the topic, we're going to pick
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  Speaker 1: up where we left off. All the information that goes
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