Speaker 1: So today, Hillary Clinton spoke with US House lawmakers in
Speaker 1: a closed door deposition important remember closed door deposition, and
Speaker 1: said that she had absolutely no knowledge of Epstein or
Speaker 1: Maxwell's crimes. Now, before we get into what she said,
Speaker 1: we have to actually start with the drama that exploded
Speaker 1: literally minutes after the deposition started. Representative Lauren Bolbert Well
Speaker 1: got to leave it to good old Lauren Bobert to
Speaker 1: send a photo to Bennie Johnson of Hillary Clinton, which
Speaker 1: Dopey Penn ended up reposting on his social media account.
Speaker 1: Let me show you this is what Benny john breaking
Speaker 1: the first image of Hillary Clinton testifying under oath about
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein to the Republican Oversight Committee. This is the
Speaker 1: first time Hillary has had to answer real questions about Epstein.
Speaker 1: Clinton does not look happy photo provided by Representative Lauren
Speaker 1: Bobert's way to literally throw her on to the bus. Now,
Speaker 1: he then posted another photo that clearly, despite despite the
Speaker 1: fact he already said who did it, that clearly showed
Speaker 1: that Bobert is the one who took the photo. Let
Speaker 1: me show you this one. Yeah, I think we know
Speaker 1: exactly who it came from. Now, let's be clear about
Speaker 1: something the Clinton's actually asked for their deposition to be
Speaker 1: open to the public, but James Comer, he said no.
Speaker 1: For a GOP member of Congress to then post a photo, well,
Speaker 1: let's just say it, it's ironic. Deposition was paused once
Speaker 1: people saw the social media post play the clip.
Speaker 2: Advisor to Secretary Clinton.
Speaker 3: This is Hillerine is a advisor to President Clinton.
Speaker 1: The hearing just went off the record for a moment because.
Speaker 2: It seemed that some of you may have seen that
Speaker 2: there was some.
Speaker 3: There were some photographs shared on social media, which is
Speaker 3: against Chamber of that were read at the.
Speaker 4: Top of the meeting.
Speaker 2: So the hearing has been paused briefly while they figure
Speaker 2: out where the photo came from and why possibly members
Speaker 2: of Congress are violating how fool.
Speaker 5: So we'll keep you updated.
Speaker 2: We just wanted to share what that means inside. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm actually saying that.
Speaker 4: Can you explain what the picture is?
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you look, if you.
Speaker 3: Look on your Twitter feed, you know who came from.
Speaker 2: It came from Benny Johnson, he said. Lauren Bover gave yeah,
Speaker 2: look at.
Speaker 1: Good.
Speaker 5: We'll be back then.
Speaker 1: Yeah, right, it's not going to take too much investigatory work.
Speaker 1: To figure that one out, mind you. Hillary Clinton even
Speaker 1: asked Comer if the press then could come in since
Speaker 1: the photo was already shared, play.
Speaker 6: That clip, all right, a broker this deposition, Clinton basically
Speaker 6: asked for Comer to have press come in for the
Speaker 6: rest of the deposition. You'll remember that the Clintons wanted
Speaker 6: to do this publicly anyway. Very hard to see what
Speaker 6: the distinction is between posting pictures in real time but
Speaker 6: saying that you can't do a public hearing. I think
Speaker 6: we're going to end up hearing more about that from
Speaker 6: the Clinton side and from Democrats as today goes on.
Speaker 6: There was also the point where she asked comer, can
Speaker 6: the press come in for the rest of the deposition?
Speaker 2: He said no.
Speaker 6: I think for folks who covered the Clinton campaign in
Speaker 6: twenty sixteen, the idea of Hillary Clinton asking for more
Speaker 6: press to be around certainly as a turn of the
Speaker 6: dial that they would have liked ten years ago. But
Speaker 6: that request obviously denied, and the deposition is now continuing
Speaker 6: as it was, which is behind closed doors and for
Speaker 6: we don't know how long.
Speaker 1: Still, Yeah, let me be crystal clear. If Lauren Bobert
Speaker 1: acknowledges that she did it. She's going to end up
Speaker 1: having to answer answered definitively for that one. And welcome
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Speaker 1: Like I said at the top of this video, Hillary
Speaker 1: said that she didn't know about the Epstein crimes. She later,
Speaker 1: of course, posted her opening statement on social media, and
Speaker 1: I actually want to read you part of it. In it,
Speaker 1: she turns around and she writes, as I stated in
Speaker 1: my sworn declaration on January thirteenth, I had no idea
Speaker 1: about their criminal activities. I do not recall ever encountering
Speaker 1: mister Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited
Speaker 1: his island homes or offices. I have nothing to add
Speaker 1: to that. Like every decent person, I have been horrified
Speaker 1: by what we have learned about their crimes. It's unfathomable
Speaker 1: that mister Epstein initially got a slap on the wrist
Speaker 1: in two thousand and eight, which allowed him to continue
Speaker 1: his predatory practices for another decade. You know, it's interesting,
Speaker 1: how do we not acknowledge and accept Hillary Clinton's statement
Speaker 1: for that? And I bring that up because I too
Speaker 1: have provided a declaration. I provided a declaration staying the
Speaker 1: same thing. But yet there's still a whole group of individuals.
Speaker 1: There was an entire side that just refused to acknowledge that.
Speaker 1: I too, never met Jeffrey Epstein, never spoke to, never communicated,
Speaker 1: never saw him at the Trump office, never heard him
Speaker 1: speaking to Trump from the time that I began there
Speaker 1: in two thousand and seven to the time that Trump
Speaker 1: became president. During the first administration, let's at least hope
Speaker 1: that they believe Hillary Clinton. Mind you, Representative Robert Garcia,
Speaker 1: he actually spoke to reporters after saying it wasn't hard,
Speaker 1: of course, to figure out who sent that photo. Let
Speaker 1: me show you play the clip.
Speaker 6: Of course, thank you as ranking member. That leaked photo
Speaker 6: get out, and do you believe there should be any repercussions.
Speaker 5: Well, the repercussion should come from the majority and from
Speaker 5: Chairman Comer. I mean, it was very clear that that
Speaker 5: leaked photo was sent out by a member. I think
Speaker 5: it's not hard to figure out what member that was
Speaker 5: by looking at the photo and the fact it was
Speaker 5: not just one photo. It was one photo and then
Speaker 5: a second post that also included a photo as well,
Speaker 5: and so that.
Speaker 1: Was completely against the rules.
Speaker 5: I think we're grateful that the secretary continued the deposition,
Speaker 5: but not not acceptable.
Speaker 1: By the way. He's right, it's not acceptable either you
Speaker 1: abide by the rules or allowed the entire press allowed
Speaker 1: the public to come in and watch it too. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: Garcia also explained that Clinton has been answering all the
Speaker 1: questions and not pleading the fifth to any of them
Speaker 1: play that clip from her.
Speaker 5: Secretary. Clinton is also completely cooperating with the deposition and
Speaker 5: the committee and his answering question in full faith and
Speaker 5: in good faith. What is not acceptable is oversight Republicans
Speaker 5: breaking their own committee rules that they established with the
Speaker 5: Secretary and her team, which you've all recorded you've seen
Speaker 5: by releasing quoto is not acceptable and it was gracious
Speaker 5: of the Secretary and her team to continue the deposition.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean again, is there anything else anybody can say?
Speaker 1: It means she could have turned around and said you
Speaker 1: broke the rules, I don't need to do it, but
Speaker 1: instead she kept going and it's under oath. Meanwhile, represented
Speaker 1: Bell explain that the GOP not handling the investigation. Let's
Speaker 1: just say on how serious the offenses should be handled.
Speaker 1: Play that clip, and as a.
Speaker 3: Former prosecutor, I've been involved in leading in this investigation
Speaker 3: and serious offenses, and this ain't it. What we're seeing
Speaker 3: is political theater. What we're seeing is folks that are
Speaker 3: looking for headlines and tweets as opposed to doing the
Speaker 3: business of going about getting justice for the victims in
Speaker 3: this case and survivors in this case. I should say
Speaker 3: as well, and I think that that's what I think
Speaker 3: some of our friends on the other side are losing
Speaker 3: sight of, is that we are here to make certain
Speaker 3: that justice is served, and it's important for us and
Speaker 3: as Oversight members to do our job to ensure that
Speaker 3: all the evidence, any information is heard, and that any victims,
Speaker 3: any survivors voices are heard as well, and that's what
Speaker 3: we're supposed to be doing. And so what we're seeing
Speaker 3: today is a we have not learned one new thing.
Speaker 3: The secretary is here or she is more than happy
Speaker 3: to have all of you come in there and this
Speaker 3: deposition and hear her out. But there are those on
Speaker 3: the other side of the eye. We do not want
Speaker 3: that for whatever reason, and so we're going to continue
Speaker 3: to push for justice. We're going to continue to work
Speaker 3: to make certain that the victims and survivors are given
Speaker 3: their due and their voices are heard, and that justice
Speaker 3: is ultimately served.
Speaker 1: Okay, isn't that what we all want? I mean, isn't
Speaker 1: that what we all should want? In fact, it's not
Speaker 1: just on the Democratic side. I believe that there are
Speaker 1: plenty of people on the Republican side that want that
Speaker 1: as well. All I can do is just keep yelling
Speaker 1: and screaming along with each and every one of you.
Speaker 1: Release the files. Now. Garcia continue to say that his
Speaker 1: committee has set a new precedent by talking to former
Speaker 1: presidents and therefore Trump should have to testify as well.
Speaker 1: Play that clip.
Speaker 5: Lastly, I want to also add that this committee has
Speaker 5: now set a new president about talking to presidents and
Speaker 5: former presidents. And we're demanding immediately that we ask President
Speaker 5: Trump to testify in front of our committee, be and
Speaker 5: be deposed in front of oversight Republicans and Democrats, and
Speaker 5: that should happen immediately. He is the person that appears
Speaker 5: almost more than anyone else in the committee, and it
Speaker 5: needs to happen right now.
Speaker 2: Mister transfer, do you distinguish it all? Do you distinguish
Speaker 2: it all between the president and a former present in
Speaker 2: the sitting present?
Speaker 4: I mean, is there something in there?
Speaker 2: Because they will say, wait.
Speaker 3: A minute, we know what I think.
Speaker 4: Look, I know what the court ruled on as a mineral.
Speaker 5: We should we should depose the person that is mentioned
Speaker 5: in the Epstein files almost more than any other person
Speaker 5: next to Going Maxwell, and that's Donald Trump. We're gonna
Speaker 5: have a couple of comments and then we're gonna.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and let me also be crystal clear, there is
Speaker 1: a major distinction. Now, do I think that everybody whose
Speaker 1: name appears in there should be forced to testify absolutely
Speaker 1: if in fact that there is documentation or evidence that
Speaker 1: would suggest it. My god, my name is probably listed
Speaker 1: one hundred times in the Epstein files, but not because
Speaker 1: of my connection to Jeffrey Epstein, but because somebody like
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein was talking to somebody like Democratic Member Stacy Plaskett.
Speaker 1: All right, so my name shows up there. My name
Speaker 1: also shows up with Jeffrey Epstein talking about my house
Speaker 1: oversight hearing. So just because my name exists in the
Speaker 1: file doesn't mean that I should be dragged in to
Speaker 1: have to testify. Again, if there is evidence of any
Speaker 1: individual I don't care who it is, then yes that
Speaker 1: person should be drawn in. But just because the name
Speaker 1: is mentioned, I don't know. I don't know. It looks
Speaker 1: like then there could be tens of thousands of people.
Speaker 1: How were we going to get justice? Then? Meanwhile, earlier
Speaker 1: today James Comer, he actually did acknowledge that he may
Speaker 1: bring in Howard Lutnick for questioning. Play that clip more question?
Speaker 6: Would you then ask the Commerce Secretary Howard Luttne it
Speaker 6: can come testify.
Speaker 2: It seems like he has some.
Speaker 4: Information that's very possible. And I think there, you know,
Speaker 4: I think it's a good possibility that his name will
Speaker 4: arise in some questioning today.
Speaker 2: It'll be on my list, and I have an email
Speaker 2: I printed off for Hillary asked about Howard Lutnik today
Speaker 2: and Joy.
Speaker 4: We're asking again.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 4: And I want to remind everyone we've already brought in
Speaker 4: Alex Acosta and Bill Barr for depositions. That's two Republicans
Speaker 4: in the in the Trump administration. So this isn't just
Speaker 4: about Democrats. This is about anyone that has any knowledge
Speaker 4: of Epstein the investigation. I think we all agree the
Speaker 4: government failed. The government failed the victims. And what our
Speaker 4: role is. We can't we can't prosecute anyone, But what
Speaker 4: we have been doing is getting transparency with the American people.
Speaker 1: We subpoena, yes, one hundred percent, any single person who
Speaker 1: has a direct connection to Jeffrey Epstein and there's an
Speaker 1: appearance of an impropriety and an appearance of potential rape
Speaker 1: of a child. Damn straight, they should be brought in.
Speaker 1: And then after they're brought in that testimony, she goes
Speaker 1: straight over to the Attorney General. I meanwhile, we do
Speaker 1: know that this entire investigation is political. I don't care
Speaker 1: what anybody says, but Representative supermanian He made the point
Speaker 1: that while no GOP members went to less Wester's deposition,
Speaker 1: many of them, well, they decided to show up to
Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton's play the clip.
Speaker 2: I want to make clear that there are no Republicans
Speaker 2: in Ohio to talk to Les Wexler, who bankrolled the
Speaker 2: Epstein's fortune for the most part, allowed a lot of
Speaker 2: his crimes to happen. Ka Hillary Clinton, who maintains that
Speaker 2: she doesn't recall meeting Jeffrey Epstein, is here today and
Speaker 2: we have a lot of Republicans here today. That's underscores
Speaker 2: to me the partisan nature of what some of the
Speaker 2: Republicans on our committee in Congress are doing and the
Speaker 2: way they're approaching this investigation. Meanwhile, they're not holding the
Speaker 2: Department of Justice accountable for breaking the law over and
Speaker 2: over again. There's two and a half million files that
Speaker 2: have not been released, and now we're hearing and seeing
Speaker 2: evidence of some of those files, including accusations against President Trump.
Speaker 2: We know that there are other information in those files
Speaker 2: that clearly is not about protecting victims. It's about protecting
Speaker 2: people who committed crimes. And so we as Democrats on
Speaker 2: the Oversight Committee or can continue to approach this investigation
Speaker 2: in a nonpartisan way because all we want is the
Speaker 2: truth and we want justice for the survivors. And we
Speaker 2: want to make sure this never happens again, no matter
Speaker 2: how rich, how powerful the perpetrators are.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Yeah, totally listen. Once again, I think we
Speaker 1: all absolutely agree everybody who is guilty should be held accountable.
Speaker 1: One hundred percent partisan, nonpartisan, doesn't make a difference to me.
Speaker 1: I don't care under what theory that you choose to
Speaker 1: try to go after these individuals. If you're guilty, you're guilty,
Speaker 1: and let the documents show it, release the files, and
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