Hillary Clinton abruptly ended a press conference after she was asked why Ghislaine Maxwell was at her daughter’s wedding.
The former US secretary of state was speaking to reporters after testifying in a congressional probe. She insisted that she never knew or had any connection or communication with late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and only knew his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell as a casual “acquaintance.“
She also claimed that Maxwell came to the wedding as a ‘plus one’ guest of someone who had been invited, before quickly ending the conference.
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RT reports: Speaking to the press after a lengthy closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, Clinton reiterated her opening statement that she “had no idea” about Epstein’s criminal activities.
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“I never met Jeffrey Epstein, never had any contact, connection or communication with him,” she said. “I never went to his island, I never went to his home, I never went to his offices.”
While she acknowledged knowing Maxwell, she dismissed the connection as superficial.
“I knew Ghislaine Maxwell casually as an acquaintance,” she said. When asked directly why Maxwell was at her daughter Chelsea’s wedding in 2010, Clinton explained that the convicted sex trafficker was not the family’s personal guest.
“She came as the plus one, the guest of someone who was invited,” Clinton told reporters, refusing to answer any further questions.
The question stems from unsealed court documents which revealed that Maxwell, who is currently serving a prison sentence for recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein, skipped a scheduled deposition in a civil lawsuit filed by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre on the day of the wedding.
Clinton’s testimony, which she described as “repetitive,” was briefly thrown into chaos earlier in the day when a photo of her inside the closed-door session was leaked online.
The former secretary of state was highly critical of the proceedings, accusing Republican lawmakers of substituting a legitimate investigation with “partisan political theater.”
She claimed that towards the end of the session, the line of questioning veered away from Epstein to questions about UFOs and the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory.
Clinton was also questioned about references to her husband, former US President Bill Clinton, in the Epstein files. Asked if she was 100 percent confident her husband had no knowledge of Epstein’s crimes, she stated that his association with Epstein ended years before the financier’s criminal activities came to light in the late 2000s.
The congressional inquiry was disrupted for a short time by Clinton’s lawyers who halted proceedings after a photo of the ex-US secretary of state in the session was posted online
According to RT: Clinton spokesman told reporters: “The hearing has been paused briefly while we figure out where the photo came from and why possibly members of Congress are violating House rules,” Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill told reporters.
Johnson claimed that “Hillary Clinton just STORMED out of the Epstein Deposition because I posted a photo of her testifying.” The commentator said that he had received the photo from Representative Lauren Boebert, and published it with her permission.
“This is insane. The deposition is being filmed and will be released in full. Hillary wanted it to be done LIVE on TV,” the conservative commentator added. Boebert defended the podcaster, saying that he “did nothing wrong.”
The proceedings eventually resumed around 30 minutes later, according to multiple media reports.
