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Robert Tait, Eric Berger and Rachel Leingang

Bill Clinton says in House testimony he had ‘no idea’ about Epstein’s crimes

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Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Clinton in this photo released by the justice department. Photograph: US Department of Justice

Bill Clinton told a congressional committee on Friday he “had no idea of the crimes” Jeffrey Epstein was committing and insisted he “did nothing wrong” in his relationship with the convicted sex trafficker.

The former president’s remarks came in his opening statement in a deposition to the House of Representatives’ oversight committee, a day after his wife, Hillary Clinton, appeared before the same body and called the proceedings “partisan political theater” and “an insult to the American people”.

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