'We want to talk to anyone' - Democrat Garcia on Hillary Clinton's testimony in Epstein probe

Record ID: 2360512

  • Title: 'We want to talk to anyone' - Democrat Garcia on Hillary Clinton's testimony in Epstein probe
  • Date: 26th February 2026
  • Summary: CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 26, 2026) (REUTERS) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DEMOCRAT, ROBERT GARCIA APPROACHING LECTERN IN FRONT OF CHAPPAQUA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DEMOCRAT, ROBERT GARCIA, SAYING: “From day one, we have said that we want to talk to anyone, any person of information about Jeffrey Epstein, about his crime
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  • Keywords: Chappaqua Congress Hillary Clinton Jeffrey Epstein Robert Garcia deposition testimony
  • Location: CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions,North America
  • Reuters ID: LVA001891926022026RP1
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  • Story Text: Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional committee on Thursday (February 26) that she did not recall ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had no information to share about his criminal activities.
    "I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes or offices. I have nothing to add to that," Clinton said in a statement to the House of Representatives Oversight Committee.
    Clinton's statement came as she was due to deliver a closed-door deposition to the committee in Chappaqua, New York.
    Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, also accused the Republican-led panel of trying to shift focus away from Trump's ties to Epstein, who died by suicide in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. She said Trump's administration has "gutted" a State Department office focused on international sex trafficking.
    She and her husband, Democratic former President Bill Clinton, initially refused to testify before the committee, but relented when lawmakers moved to hold them in contempt of Congress.
    Bill Clinton is scheduled to testify to the committee on Friday (February 27).
    Before the hearing, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer of Kentucky, a Republican, denied that the probe was a partisan effort targeting Trump's 2016 presidential rival, noting that several Democrats had pushed for the Clintons to testify.
    He said the committee would seek to find out about any interactions she might have had with Epstein, his involvement with the Clintons' charitable work, and any relationship she may have had with jailed Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
    (Production: Hussein Al Waaile, Christine Kiernan) 
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