'I wish they had done it in public': Hillary Clinton speaks after congressional Epstein deposition

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Bill and Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Ghislain Maxwell
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Jeffrey Epstein, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ghislain Maxwell, Les Wexner
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ghislain Maxwell, Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Epstein
4. 9:00 – 11:07: Bill and Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton

Notable quotes from "'I wish they had done it in public': Hillary Clinton speaks after congressional Epstein deposition"

• We believe former Senator, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been behind closed doors in a deposition with the House Oversight Committee at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center.

  about Bill and Hillary Clinton · at 0:02

• I never met Jeffrey Epstein, never had any connection or communication with him.

  about Jeffrey Epstein · at 1:08

• And, in fact, the Republican members didn't even show up for the deposition of Les Wexner.

  about Les Wexner · at 3:48

• I think they could have spent the day more she had already been mentioned in a civil lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre before that, Jeffrey Epstein had already been convicted before that.

  about Virginia L. Giuffre · at 7:40

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Bill and Hillary Clinton — Person · 5 mentions · first at 0:04
• Jeffrey Epstein — Person · 5 mentions · first at 1:08
• Hillary Clinton — Person · 4 mentions · first at 0:04
  We believe former Senator, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been behind closed doors in a deposition with the House Oversight Committee at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center.
• Ghislain Maxwell — Person · 3 mentions · first at 1:16
  I knew Ghislaine Maxwell casually as an acquaintance.
• Congresswoman Lauren Boebert — Person · 1 mention · first at 0:39
  Includes a photo that was taken and released by Lauren Boebert, reports that they had turned to asking her questions about UFOs.
• Les Wexner — Person · 1 mention · first at 3:52
• William P. Barr — Person · 1 mention · first at 4:10
  That any Republican member asked, of any of the people they deposed, was of former Attorney General Bill Barr, when Chairman Comer asked him, about the allegations in his view about Russia's involvement in my election in 2016.
• Virginia L. Giuffre — Person · 1 mention · first at 8:01

Companies & orgs

• House Oversight Committee — Company · 1 mention · first at 0:08
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been behind closed doors in a deposition with the House Oversight Committee at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center since about 1120 this morning, is expected to exit and head.

Concepts & topics

• Pizza Gate — Concept · 2 mentions
• UFOs — Concept · 1 mention

Full transcript with timestamps

0:02 We believe former Senator, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been behind closed doors in a deposition with the House Oversight Committee at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center since about 1120 this morning, is expected to exit and head to the podium and perhaps field some questions about the substance of that six-and-a-half-hour deposition. Breaks were taken, but she has been with the Oversight Committee today with Democrats and Republicans on that committee. News that has been released since she's been in there includes a photo that was taken and released by Lauren Boebert, reports that they had turned to asking her questions about UFOs.

0:45 Here she is, Hillary Clinton. Good evening. Well I have just finished testifying. I answered every one of their questions as fully as I could, based on what I knew. And what I knew is what I said in my statement this morning. I never met Jeffrey Epstein, never had any connection or communication with him. I knew Ghislaine Maxwell casually as an acquaintance. But whatever they asked me, I did my very best to respond. It was disappointing that they refused to hold a public hearing, so I wouldn't have to be out here characterizing it for you.

1:38 You could have seen it for yourself. We had asked for that. We think it would have been better for the committee and its efforts to gather whatever information they are seeking. We had a bit of a challenge in the beginning because we had agreed upon rules based on the fact it was going to be a closed hearing at their demand. And one of the members violated that rule, which was very upsetting because it suggested that they might violate other of our agreements. So, we had to cease the hearing for a period of time until we could get assurances that no rules would be broken, going forward, and we returned to answer questions repetitively, literally over and over again.

2:36 I don't know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Hepstein. I So it's on the record numerous times. It then got, at the end, quite unusual, because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate, one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the Internet, that was serving as a basis of a member's questions to me. So I can only say that the best exchange that I had came at the very end, when contrary to every other deposition they have taken, no Republican member asked any questions about Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell to anyone else they have deposed.

3:48 And, in fact, the Republican members didn't even show up for the deposition of Les Wexner. And when I said that, I had to point out that the only questions that any Republican member asked, of any of the people they deposed, was of former Attorney General Bill Barr, when Chairman Comer asked him, about the allegations in his view about Russia's involvement in my election in 2016. So, at the very end of this hearing, after I made that point, I want to commend Chairman Comer for raising a series of significant questions that I responded to about the nature of the investigation and the areas that I thought should be explored.

4:54 So, I appreciated that. I want to see the truth come out. So that was a reassuring way to end a very long, repetitive You have processed and reacted to the fact that the former president, your husband, Bill Clinton, is referenced in the Epstein files numerous times, including in some photos featuring women. And how have you been personally preparing for the deposition that is coming tomorrow. Are you 100 percent confident that there isn't anything that the former president knows about Epstein's fund? I am, and I think the chronology of the connection that he had with Epstein ended years, several years before anything about Epstein's criminal activities came to light.

6:01 and that he was charged and, sadly, given a sweetheart deal, which, as I said in my statement, had that not happened, perhaps his predatory behavior could have been stopped earlier. I think it is fair to say that the vast majority of people who had contact with him before his criminal pleas in 08 were like most people, they did not know what he was doing. And I think that that is exactly what my husband will testify to tomorrow. Madam Secretary, Madam Secretary, can I ask, Madam Secretary, why was Ghislaine Maxwell?

6:44 Madam Secretary, do you believe this was a fair hearing and do you still want to testify publicly even though you gave this deposition? Oh, I'm not going to do it again. You know, they had a chance to do it in public, and I wish they had done it in public. And I think they're making the wrong decision avoiding doing it in public. I thought it was very repetitive. I thought that they asked literally the same questions over and over again, which didn't seem to me to be very productive. And then, as I said toward the end, there were other questions that were totally off subject.

7:28 So if they are going to fulfill their responsibilities to literally investigate the investigations, which is what they originally said was the scope of their work, I think they could have spent the day more

7:58 she had already been mentioned in a civil lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre before that, Jeffrey Epstein had already been convicted before that. She came as the plus one, the guest of someone who was invited. Thank you all.

8:19 I don't know when the video will be out. I don't know when the transcript will be out. We have asked that they be out as quickly as possible, and then you can see ━ you can see everything. Thank you.

8:37 don't know. Hillary Clinton describing today's deposition in her own words. Interesting color there about how it ended with some questions about 2016. Yeah, look, I think so much of what we've discussed on this show and what America has been discussing seemingly endlessly is because we're constantly relitigating 2016. Trump still throws tantrums in almost every press conference about the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered on his behalf. He has somehow rewritten history and painted the Mueller investigation as a, quote, hoax, despite the fact that almost everybody from his circle who was charged either pled guilty or was convicted, oftentimes of lying to Congress or lying to federal agents, this is a wound that will never heal for him, and rightly so, because it does call the legitimacy of his initial election into SOMETHING LIKE A SEQUESTRIER.

9:42 HILLARY CLINTON DESCRIBING HER RELATIONSHIP WITH GLAINE MAXWELL AS QUOTE CASUAL AND SAYING SHE WAS AT HER DAUGHTER'S WEDDING BECAUSE SHE WAS THE PLUS ONE OF AN INVITED GUEST. YEAH, I GOT TO TELL YOU, WHEN SHE WALKED OUT, HAVING WORKED FOR HER, WHEN SHE WALKED OUT, I COULD TELL, IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, SHE'S GOING TO, SHE'S TIRED OF PEOPLE PLAYING IN HER FACE, AND SHE WAS READY FOR THE FOR THE B.S. THAT WAS COMING. I TAKE HER AT HER WORD AND WE SHOULD THAT SHE WANTED THIS IN PUBLIC. SHE SAID THAT. SHE WANTED IT IN PUBLIC.

10:08 SHE DOESN'T WANT IT TO BE. SHE'S ASKED FOR IT TO BE RELEASED. SHE DOESN'T WANT IT TO BE A CIRCUS. FOR THAT REASON, THAT THERE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE VICTIMS HERE. AND IF YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT AND SPIN IT ANY WAY THEY WANT. BUT SHE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP THOSE VICTIMS AND SHE CONSISTENTLY SAYS THAT BUT THEN IF IT GOES INTO THE UFOs AND Pizzagate IT'S BENGHAZI ALL OVER AGAIN THAT 11 HOURS WHERE OR WHATEVER IT WAS WHERE SHE'S LIKE GIVE ME A GIVE ME A GOOD REASONABLE QUESTION SO LET'S GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT AND I GATHER SHE DID NOT GET THAT TODAY BASEL THANK YOU

Questions about this episode

What is discussed in "'I wish they had done it in public': Hillary Clinton speaks after congressional Epstein deposition"?

In order: 0:00 Bill and Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Ghislain Maxwell; 3:00 Jeffrey Epstein, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ghislain Maxwell, Les Wexner; 6:00 Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ghislain Maxwell, Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Epstein; 9:00 Bill and Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton.

What is mentioned in this MS NOW episode?

11 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Epstein, Hillary Clinton, Ghislain Maxwell, Pizza Gate, House Oversight Committee. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "'I wish they had done it in public': Hillary Clinton speaks after congressional Epstein deposition"?

The episode runs 11 min; the transcript is about 1,365 words in 14 timestamped sections.

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