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Bill Clinton Epstein statement Most of the precedents come from Capitol Hill.
Most of the president’s examples are from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
But an example that will echo through the halls of Congress and the White House for years occurred in recent days in the snow-covered town of Chappaqua, New York.
This is where former President Bill Clinton testified under the subpoena of the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Lawmakers say the panel’s power to compel testimony from the former president could set a new precedent going forward — including in matters involving President Trump and the Epstein files.
According to congressional historians, there has never been a congressional committee to depose a former president. It was rare to have First Lady and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testify the day before. Republicans noted that former President Clinton had previously admitted to knowing Epstein and traveling with him.
“I have no recollection of meeting Mr. Epstein. I have never flown on his plane or visited his island, homes or offices,” Hillary Clinton said after nearly six hours of closed-door testimony before the panel.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a photo of former President Bill Clinton as part of their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. (Housing Dems)
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said Hillary Clinton declared “‘You’ll have to ask my husband,'” more than “a dozen” times during her deposition before Bill Clinton the next day.
There are no allegations of wrongdoing by any of the Clintons regarding Epstein. But the former president’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has raised questions from lawmakers.
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“It’s very difficult to find people in these positions of great power and great wealth,” Comer said. “It took seven months, seven months for the Clintons to get in here. But we got them in here.”
“Here” was Chappaqua, about an hour north of New York City. The Clintons have lived in Chappaqua since President Clinton left office in 2001 and when Hillary Clinton ran for the Senate from New York in 2000. Hillary Clinton served as a member of Congress from New York from 2001 until 2009, when she became President Obama’s first Secretary of State.
Former US President Bill Clinton speaks during the 2025 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York City, US, September 24, 2025. (Kylie Cooper/Reuters)
Specifically, the “here” of the Clintons’ testimony was not an empty office in the Rayburn House Office building. House members questioned the Clintons at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, known locally as “ChappPAC,” a white building with simple arcades and Greek columns on a hill above the Saw Mill River.
The Epstein investigation is serious, and the unusual location emphasized the unusual nature of the proceedings.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., appeared to snap a photo of Hillary Clinton during her deposition, and shared it with conservative media outlets.
“I love (Hillary Clinton’s) blue suit. So I wanted to capture that for everyone,” Boebert said outside the venue.
“Why did you send us the picture?” asked the reporter.
“Why not?” replied Boebert.
“We’re sitting on an incredibly ridiculous show, where members of Congress and the Republican Party are more concerned with getting their image of Secretary Clinton right than getting down to the truth and actually holding anyone accountable,” Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz.
After concluding her testimony, Hillary Clinton told reporters that she found the “end” of the deposition “very unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate, one of the worst, fake conspiracy theories that has spread on the Internet.”
That’s a reference to a conspiracy theory that emerged during the 2016 presidential campaign between Hillary Clinton and President Trump. Proponents of the lie claim that Democrats operated a child-trafficking ring at the Comet Ping Pong pizza shop in Washington. A North Carolina man later drove to Washington, DC, and opened fire inside a restaurant, telling authorities he was there to rescue children.
Attorney Nancy Mace, RN.C., asserted that Hillary Clinton was “screaming” at lawmakers during the inauguration.
“He wasn’t arrested,” Mace said. “And I hope that President Clinton is as free today as his wife was yesterday.”
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., appeared at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center for about 90 minutes on behalf of former President Clinton to speculate about what might have been the motive for Epstein and his sex-trafficking career. Luna noted that she was only speaking for herself and not the other members of the committee.
Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (L) and former President Bill Clinton arrive on the West Front of the US Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. At today’s inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Wina McNamee/Getty Images)
“It has become very clear in the last 24 hours in the lines of inquiry that Jeffrey Epstein was conducting an intelligence gathering operation,” Luna said. “I believe it was a honey pot operation.”
Luna added that the US intelligence service may have been involved, although he did not provide evidence for the claim.
One of the five agreed-upon areas of inquiry for the Clintons was how Epstein used his connections to powerful figures to cover up his crimes. That’s why people like former President Clinton and President Trump have appeared in previously released Epstein-related documents.
The presidency is a unique office, and even President Trump expressed sympathy for Bill Clinton’s appearance before the Oversight Committee.
“I don’t like to see him removed. But they followed me more than that,” said the president.
When pressed on Friday, President Trump said he was not aware of the Epstein files.
“I know nothing about the Epstein files. I am completely exonerated,” President Trump said.
Republicans on the Oversight Committee were asked if they agreed with that claim.
“From all the evidence I’ve seen, he’s been guilty for a long time,” Comer replied.
“Epstein’s victims exonerated President Trump. This is the trope you have — the rabbit hole you’re going down. But he’s been exonerated over and over again by Epstein’s victims,” Mace said.
But Democrats questioned why the committee wanted testimony from former President Clinton and not President Trump.
“There were a lot of emails that included President Clinton,” said Comer.
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the Oversight panel, opposed the move setting a broader standard.
“There’s a precedent now,” Garcia said. “Now we want President Trump to come in and testify under oath before the Oversight Committee. We want the First Lady, who we know had an affair with Jeffrey Epstein, to be sworn in and testify before the Oversight Committee. That’s the new precedent the Republicans wanted to set here.”
Garcia added that President Trump “has not been released, and we have important questions about President Trump.”
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., said the committee spoke to “the wrong president.”
It is not clear whether the team will demand evidence from President Trump. Democrats have indicated they would consider doing so if they win control of the House in the midterm elections.
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The separation of powers is an important feature of the American constitutional system. Few presidents have ever testified before Congress — and none have ever been impeached like a former president.
The nation’s history includes small communities that have assumed extreme political importance. Lawmakers and legal observers say Chappaqua could now join that list if the president’s testimony before Congress becomes more common.
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