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Robert Tait in Washington

Hillary Clinton accuses Republicans of ‘fishing expedition’ in Epstein testimony

Hillary Clinton at a podium outdoors.
Hillary Clinton speaks after testifying before House lawmakers on Thursday as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

Hillary Clinton delivered a withering rebuke to a congressional committee investigating her supposed links to Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, accusing its Republican members of embarking on a “fishing expedition” intended to cover up and deflect attention from the actions of Donald Trump.

In a furious opening statement, the former secretary of state suggested the event was “partisan political theatre” and “an insult to the American people” while repeating her insistence that she had never met Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex trafficker who died in 2019.

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