Hillary Clinton has told a Congressional inquiry she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s or Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes, at the start of two days of evidence that will also include statements from her husband, the former president Bill Clinton. “I had no idea about their criminal activities. I do not recall ever encountering Mr Epstein,” the former secretary of state said in an opening statement.
The closed-door depositions to legislators from the House of Representatives, being held in the Clintons’ hometown of Chappaqua in upstate New York, come after months of tense back-and-forth between the Democratic couple and the Republican-controlled House oversight committee. It will be the first time a former president has been forced to give evidence before Congress.
