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Edward Helmore

Bill Clinton spokesperson says White House is using him as scapegoat after Epstein files release

Three men pose and smile.
Jeffrey Epstein (left) and Bill Clinton (center) in a photo released by the justice department on Friday. Photograph: Department Of Justice/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

A spokesperson for Bill Clinton accused the White House late on Friday of using him as a scapegoat after pictures of the former president with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as with a young woman in a pool, were included as part of congressionally ordered release of government files.

“The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton,” the spokesperson said in a statement on X.

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