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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T17:08:22.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Hillary Clinton testimony on Jeffrey Epstein descends into CHAOS as she unleashes at Donald Trump",
    "Donald Trump's State Department welcomes Tommy Robinson to Washington DC",
    "Peter Mandelson could lose EU pension in European Commission inquiry",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nBill Clinton has pleaded his innocence over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in his opening statement to the House of Representatives investigative body.\n\nThe former president said in his opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he \"would've turned him\" himself if he was aware of the paedophile financier's crimes.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIn his opening statement, published on X on Friday, Mr Clinton said he had \"no idea\" of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, saying he \"saw nothing\" and \"did nothing wrong\".\n\nHe said: \"As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his place if I had any inkling of what he was doing - I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes, not sweetheart deals.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, who ran for President in 2016, but lost to Donald Trump, were called to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to discuss Jeffrey Epstein and any connections they had with him.\n\nOn Thursday, Mrs Clinton, former Secretary of State, went through a six-hour-plus deposition, in compliance with the subpoena issued to the pair as part of the House of Representative’s panel’s ongoing investigation into the late paedophile financier’s sex crimes.\n\nIn Mr Clinton’s opening statement, he referenced “democracy” being the reason why he attended, with “no person is above the law, even Presidents - especially Presidents”.\n\nHe also said: “The second reason I’m here is that the girls and women whose lives Jeffrey Epstein destroyed deserve not only justice, but healing.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n“They’ve been waiting long for both.”\n\nHe described his relationship with Epstein as a “brief acquaintance” which “ended years before his crimes came to light” and he had “limited interactions” with him.\n\nMr Clinton’s spokesman Angel Ureña said on social media in 2019 that the former president had travelled on Epstein’s plane four times in 2002 and 2003, adding that the Secret Service were in attendance of “every leg of the trip”.\n\nIn the 42nd president’s opening statement to the committee, he got defensive over his wife’s involvement in the subpoena, saying he needed to “get personal” as they “made Hillary come in”.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Hillary Clinton testimony on Jeffrey Epstein descends into CHAOS as she unleashes at Donald Trump\n  * Donald Trump's State Department welcomes Tommy Robinson to Washington DC\n  * Peter Mandelson could lose EU pension in European Commission inquiry\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe said: “She had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Nothing.\n\n“She has no memory of even meeting him.\n\nHe continued by saying that Mrs Clinton “never travelled” with Epstein and didn’t visit any of the late sex offender’s properties.\n\nMr Clinton concluded: “Whether you subpoenaed 10 people or 10,000, including her was simply not right.”\n\nBoth the Clintons deny any wrongdoing.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "'I would've turned him in myself!' Bill Clinton pleads innocence over Jeffrey Epstein relationship"
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