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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former president and saxophone player Bill Clinton testified to members of Congress today that his answer to their questions depended on what the definition of "child trafficking" is. "What is…'is?' And furthermore, what really IS 'child trafficking?'" Clinton reportedly told members of the committee. "I would like to ask you all, what does this term mean, and how can I get out of any culpability related to these accusations, rhetorically speaking?" Clinton was grilled on his associations with the infamous deceased billionaire Jeffrey Epstein and what his relationship with the women who worked for Epstein entailed. During...

“Can I ask, why was Ghislaine Maxwell invited to your daughter Chelsea Clinton’s wedding?” the reporter asked. “She’d already been mentioned in a civil lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre before that. Jeffrey Epstein had already been convicted.” Clinton gave a short reply. “ She came as the plus one, the guest of someone who was invited,” Clinton said. “Thank you all.” She ended the interview without taking further questions.

'I don't know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein. I never went to his island. I never went to his homes,' Hillary said after her testimony on Thursday. 'It then got, at the end, quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizza-gate, one of the most vile bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet.' Pizza-gate is a debunked conspiracy theory that claimed a pedophilia ring involving high-ranking Democratic Party officials was operating out of the basement of a Washington, DC pizza parlor. Bill...

Excerpts. ...Clinton is telling lawmakers, "As I stated in my sworn declaration on January 13, I had no idea about their 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," her remarks state. "Like every decent person, I have been horrified by what we have learned about their crimes. It's unfathomable that Mr. Epstein initially got a slap on the wrist in 2008, which allowed him to continue his predatory practices for another decade."

Appearing Thursday on Morning Joe, MS NOW’s Ali Vitali conceded there are “valid questions” about Bill Clinton’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein — enough to justify a House Oversight deposition. But the only connection Vitali mentioned? “He appears in photos.”Left unmentioned was what ABC News has reported: Bill Clinton was listed on 26 Epstein flight legs — though some were segments of the same international trips. Still, 26 entries in the logs. Not one. Not “a couple.” Twenty-six. Morning Joe viewers would never have known it. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

A proposed Department of Housing and Urban Development rule would crack down on illegal immigrants or unqualified people living in public housing, closing a loophole established amid major departmental reforms under President Bill Clinton in 1996. Current HUD rules allow "mixed-status" households to use public housing under what is called the "do not contend" provision, in which a person living among a public housing family can declare they "do not contend" their HUD eligibility under their immigration status, and the family instead receives prorated housing assistance. The HUD-ineligible family member or members may remain in public housing so long as...

“ All records of donations made by William Jefferson Clinton, the Clinton Global Initiative, the Clinton Foundation (a/k/a William J. Clinton Foundation, a/k/a the Bill, Hilary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation), or the Clinton Foundation Climate Change Initiative.”

Stay up to date with live coverage of the Trump administration and national politics Thursday as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the House Oversight Committee as part of their investigation into late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The interview, which will not be open for the public, is happening at an office in Chappaqua, New York, the city where the Clintons have a house. Former President Bill Clinton will give his testimony Friday. Questions are slated to begin at 11 a.m. EST. SNIP The House Oversight Committee briefly paused a deposition of Hillary Clinton after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.)...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is testifying before U.S. House lawmakers in New York on Thursday as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, starting off two days of depositions that will also include former President Bill Clinton. The closed-door depositions in the Clintons' hometown of Chappaqua, a typically quiet hamlet north of New York City, come after months of tense back-and-forth between the former high-powered Democratic couple and the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee. It will be the first time that a former president has been forced to testify before Congress. Yet the demand for...

Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary who has been dogged by his past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, will resign from teaching at Harvard University by the end of the current academic year, according to reports on Wednesday...Summers previously served as president of Harvard.

A new report claims former President Barack Obama and his then-national security advisor, Susan Rice, were so distraught after Donald Trump won the 2016 election that they both cried. The claim was posted on X Tuesday by RealClearInvestigations senior reporter Paul Sperry. According to Sperry, the reaction is documented in 1,100 hours of audio and video compiled by Columbia University in a collaboration with the Obama Foundation. Sperry wrote that after Trump’s unexpected victory, Obama and Rice feared that “all they’d built” was “at risk” of being undone. He further claimed they worried their work would be dismantled by what...

Former President Barack Obama and former White House adviser Susan Rice allegedly “broke down and cried” after President Donald Trump defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. In a post on X, RealClearInvestigations senior reporter Paul Sperry claimed that more than 1,000 “hours of new audio and video compiled by Columbia University in cooperation with the Obama Foundation” showed that Obama and Rice were allegedly “so distraught” over Trump’s win. “BREAKING: President Obama and his National Security Adviser Susan Rice were so distraught after Trump won in 2016 they literally broke down and cried in...

Since its creation in 2001, the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation has raised close to $2 billion from a vast global network that includes corporate titans, political donors, foreign governments and other wealthy interests, according to a Washington Post review of public records and newly released contribution data. The total, representing cash and pledges reported in tax filings, includes $262 million that was raised in 2013 — the year Hillary Rodham Clinton stepped down as secretary of state and began to devote her energies to the foundation and to a likely second run for president. The financial success of...

Hillary Clinton has accused Donald Trump of an Epstein files 'cover-up' - and attempted to downplay her husband Bill's friendship with the pedophile.......But seconds later, the 78-year-old added: 'We have a very clear record we're willing to talk about. My husband has said he took some rides on [Epstein's] airplane for his charitable work.'

Hillary Clinton bristled at the Munich Security Conference over the weekend when Czech Deputy Prime Minister Petr Macinka attempted to defend President Trump’s policies. Clinton raged that Trump has “betrayed the West” and is seeking “unaccountable power” by “modeling himself” after Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a panel discussion at the high-profile forum in Germany. Macinka, who also serves as foreign minister of the Czech Republic, gently mocked the failed 2016 presidential candidate’s anger towards Trump. **SNIP** Macinka went on to assess Trump’s second-term approach as an appropriate response to the far-left attitudes that gripped American policies and culture in...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton clashed with a Czech political leader at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday. Clinton was speaking during a panel on the state of the West where she heavily criticized President Donald Trump for his dealings with Europe. Petr Macinka, a Czech deputy prime minister, defended the Trump administration as Clinton repeatedly mocked his statements and tried to speak over him. "First, I think you really don't like him," Macinka said as he began to respond to Clinton's Trump-bashing. "You know, that is absolutely true," Clinton said. "But not only do I not...

A lazy, surface-level media habitually conflates the statutory duty of a private citizen to comply with a congressional subpoena with the constitutional duty of a senior White House adviser to resist one that implicates executive privilege.The latest example comes from National Review’s Rich Lowry, who lumps me together with Bill Clinton in a single moral bucket.That analogy gets the stakes exactly backward.Lowry’s free trade antipathy to the Trump tariff agenda I have championed in the White House is no secret. Fair enough. Policy disputes are part of democratic life.What is harder to accept is Lowry’s tariff animus spilling into applause...

Turns out even a broken clock can get it right twice a day. The New York Times just plastered their front-page with an exposé connecting the sadistic Jeffrey Epstein empire with the politically radioactive Clintons. Following the release of long-awaited files pertaining to the Epstein case by the Department of Justice, Times investigative reporter Danny Hakim took a detour away from his employer’s never-ending Trump bashing to draft a February 8 story that’s sure to make liberal heads spin: “Epstein Files Reveal Scope of Ghislaine Maxwell’s Role in Clinton Circle.” What made this even more impression was it is something...

Down the Memory Hole. The frenetic stories of the moment in the past have been swallowed up by the waters of Lethe, the river of forgetfulness. We see the DOJ has made a great show of arresting the leader of the attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi. The Trump administration has brought the leader of the attack, Zubayar al-Bakoush, to American soil to face justice. "In 2012, Islamist terrorists carried out an horrific attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, murdering four Americans: Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty," Director of National Intelligence Tulsi...

Former President Bill Clinton launched an angry attack against House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, with just weeks before his appearance before the Committee to testify about his links to Jeffrey Epstein Clinton accused Republicans of “running scared” and using him “as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court” Former President Bill Clinton launched an angry attack against House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, as his appearance before the Committee to testify about his links to Jeffrey Epstein approaches.Clinton gave Comer both barrels in a series of posts on X.“I have called for the full release of the Epstein files,”...