Former President Bill Clinton sat for a deposition with the House Oversight Committee last week and delivered the performance of a lifetime — which is saying something for a guy who once looked America in the eye and swore he “did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Bubba now wants us to believe that despite flying on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet at least 26 times and hot-tubbing it up in Brunei with Epstein’s madam Ghislaine Maxwell, he “saw nothing” inappropriate.
Not a thing.
Well, whaddya know! Slick Willie is back to doing what Slick Willie does best — lying under oath with a straight face. Someone give this man an Oscar.
Clinton sat for roughly four and a half hours of closed-door questioning in Chappaqua, New York, making him the first former president to testify before members of Congress in over 40 years. He only agreed to show up after the committee threatened him with contempt of Congress charges. Real innocent-person behavior, that.
In his opening statement, Clinton claimed that as someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, he would never have associated with Epstein if he had “any inkling” of what the man was doing. He even said that “with 20/20 hindsight, I saw nothing that ever gave me pause.”
Twenty-six flights on the Lolita Express. Multiple international trips. Pool parties in Brunei with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. And nothing gave him “pause.”
And he said all of this with a straight face. Give the man a second Oscar.
When asked about a never-before-seen photo showing him shirtless in a hot tub with an unidentified woman whose face had been redacted by the DOJ, Clinton explained that the Sultan of Brunei invited him to stay at a hotel and told him to “use the pool.” So he did. And then he “got out and went to bed, exhausted.”
Right. He was exhausted. From swimming. At a hotel in Brunei. With Jeffrey Epstein’s entourage. And he didn’t even know the photo was being taken.
When pressed on whether the mystery woman in the hot tub was a minor, Clinton offered only that “to the best of his recollection” he doesn’t believe she was. Why would the DOJ redact her face if she were just some random adult hotel guest? (We’re just asking questions here.)
Clinton claimed he was introduced to Epstein by Larry Summers around 2001 and described their relationship as “cordial.” The flights? All for Clinton Foundation AIDS work, of course. He cut ties before Epstein’s 2008 conviction. Nothing to see here, folks.
And then — because no Clinton deposition would be complete without a deflection — Bill casually tossed Donald Trump’s name into the mix. He recalled a conversation with Trump at a golf charity event twenty-some years ago where Trump allegedly said he and Epstein had “great times together” but fell out over a real estate deal. Clinton testified Trump “never said anything to make me think he was involved with anything improper.”
Nice try, Bill. The guy under oath for his own Epstein flights suddenly wants to talk about someone else’s golf tournament. Classic Clinton escape hatch — when the heat is on you, point at the nearest exit and yell “look over there!”
When asked if Ghislaine Maxwell should receive clemency, Clinton squirmed and said, “I don’t think I should comment on that.” He did add that what she did was “terrible” and “she should be punished.” Very brave, sir. We’re all deeply moved.
The real entertainment came during Hillary Clinton’s separate deposition. She denied ever meeting Epstein — ever — but acknowledged that Maxwell was an “acquaintance.” When Rep. Nancy Mace showed her photos of Bill with other women during Epstein trips, Hillary turned to ice: “I am not going to offer opinions or speculation about anything that I have no context for.”
Classic Hillary. The woman who managed an entire presidential campaign from a bathroom email server suddenly has “no context” for photos of her husband gallivanting around with a convicted sex trafficker’s crew.
And then it got even better. Rep. Lauren Boebert allegedly shared a photo from the deposition on social media and Hillary absolutely lost it: “I’m done with this. This is just typical behavior.” She also helpfully suggested that if the committee really wanted answers, Donald Trump “would be on my witness list.”
Sure, Hillary. Deflect to Trump. That’s a brand-new strategy we’ve never seen from a Clinton before.
So let’s add this up real quick. Twenty-six flights on the Lolita Express. Secret Service detail mysteriously missing for at least five of those flights on a 2002 trip to Asia. Shirtless hot tub photos with redacted women. Pool parties with a convicted sex trafficker and his madam. And his best defense is “I saw nothing.”
(Bill Clinton saw nothing the way O.J. Simpson was looking for the “real killer.” Sure you were, pal.)
We’ve heard that one before. It didn’t work in the ’90s and it’s not going to work now. The House Oversight Committee released the full deposition videos to the public on Monday. Go watch them. All of them. Watch the man who once spent five minutes parsing the meaning of the word “is” try to explain why he was hot-tubbing with Jeffrey Epstein’s crew in Brunei.
Spoiler: he’s not.