Former President Bill Clinton is testifying before the Republican-led US House Oversight Committee in New York, stating that members may hear him frequently declare “I don’t recall."
“That might be unsatisfying,” Clinton shared when referring to his efforts to answer some questions by claiming that he has no memory of them. “But I’m not going to say something I’m not sure of. This was all a long time ago.”
Clinton affirmed that he is “bound by my oath not to speculate, or to guess,” but warned that it “is not merely for my benefit but because it doesn’t help you for me to play detective 24 years later.”
“I know what I saw, and more importantly, what I didn’t see,” the former president affirmed in his prepared opening statement.. “I know what I did, and more importantly, what I didn’t do.”
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the US House Oversight Committee Republicans in New York as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and President Clinton is providing his own deposition.
“No person is above the law, even presidents,” stated Clinton, sharing that he agreed to testify because of the love he has for the United States.
The closed-door interviews come after several months of heated exchanges between the Republican-led House Oversight Committee and the Clintons, in which the two pushed back against subpoenas they claimed were a political stunt by Republicans.
The Clintons agreed to testify after the commission rejected their sworn statements, threatening the two with criminal contempt of Congress if they refused to present themselves.
“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,” President Clinton affirmed. “I’ll do my part, and I hope you’ll do yours.”
