President Donald Trump said Friday he was disheartened to see former President Bill Clinton deposed by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's political and financial network.
Clinton was deposed Friday in Chappaqua, New York, a day after his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, testified behind closed doors. The Clintons have a home in Chappaqua.
"I don't like seeing him deposed, but, you know, they certainly went after me a lot more than that," Trump told reporters before boarding Marine One for a trip to Texas. Trump's comments aired on Newsmax and the free Newsmax2 streaming platform.
"I don't like it. I like him, and I don't like seeing him deposed," Trump said.
Clinton had a well-documented friendship with Epstein, who died by suicide in August 2019 while in federal custody awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Clinton appears in numerous photos and files that were recently released by the Department of Justice.
Clinton, who has not been accused of wrongdoing, has said he cut ties with Epstein more than 20 years ago. He is the first former president compelled to testify before Congress.
Trump, who also is mentioned in the Epstein documents released by the DOJ, said he severed ties with the disgraced financier decades ago.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the Oversight Committee, said Democrats on the panel asked Bill Clinton if Trump should be called to testify, and Clinton said, "That's for you to decide," The New York Times reported.
Comer added that Clinton said he had never seen anything to make him think Trump was involved with Epstein.
"Though my brief acquaintance with Epstein ended years before his crimes came to light, and though I never witnessed during our interactions any indication of what was truly going on, I am here to offer what little I know so that it might prevent anything like this from ever happening again," Clinton said in a prepared opening statement posted on X.
He went on to say that he had "no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing" and "saw nothing that ever gave me pause."
"I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong," Clinton said.
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