Welcome back to Newsroom Live, of course, joined here by the one, the only, Arthur Sheehan
He is following one of the big stories that we are following tonight, which happens to be
the video depositions that were released of the Clintons. They were deposed last week in
the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the House Oversight Committee. So you have Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, obviously, on one side of your screen and former President Bill Clinton on
another. I know they look like they are seated next to each other. That is a split screen. But before we have Arthur give us a full recap, the moment that everybody is talking about is that one that just had Secretary Clinton's arms up in the air
It has to do I'll set it up for you. It has to do with a moment between her and Representative Lauren Boeber
Take a listen. Can I interrupt? I have another photos that are being released
Of the secretary as she is testifying from inside this room, can you please advise me as to whether or not that's permissible
and consistent with the rules, particularly given that we have asked for a public hearing
There are photos that are being released of the secretary as she is testifying. Can you please explain how that can occur
I'm done with this. If you guys are doing that, I am done. You can hold me in contempt from now until the cows come home
This is just typical behavior. He will go off the record. Oh, for heaven's sake
So I would like to understand how that permissible. It doesn't matter
We all are abiding by the same rules. I will take that down
Yeah, well. I would like to take a break at this moment. I'd like to have a conversation for now
Go off the record. The question is, do you think that's what she really wanted to say? What do you mean by Hillary Clinton
I thought that was a look of a woman who wanted to throw a few curse words in there and was just really trying to bite her tongue
Yeah well I mean the context of that is so important because both her and Bill Clinton have resented being called to testify and saying that there are a lot of people who know a lot more than they do about Jeffrey Epstein and his operation and they not being called to testify but meanwhile she and Bill are And so as part of that they had demanded that their testimony be broadcast live so that Americans could see a transparent process
They were denied that by the Republican-led House Committee. They were denied that request, and then this picture floats out
It shows it was taken from the nameplate. Right in front of it is Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's nameplate
And presumably when you saw Hillary Clinton talking off camera, in that direction, that's who she was talking to
Right. So, yes, she probably I don't know. I think she was pretty clear. I can't guess what words she was searching for
But I think she found him. Yeah. So she so she was the first person to be tested to be called to testify in this round
Right. They made concessions so that it happened in their hometown of Chappaqua up in Westchester County
And Clinton's deposition, Hillary Clinton's deposition, went on for hours. Both of those, yeah
Yes, certainly. But when she came out after that deposition, before this video was released, she said they asked her repeatedly in a hundred different ways
do you know Jeffrey Epstein? How many times have you met Jeffrey Epstein? What is your relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
And she claimed that she said, and now we're hearing it tonight, I don't know him
She doesn't recall meeting him. Right. There are photos of her and him in the same place
Or Anita Lowry, a congresswoman from New York, had a fundraiser. She said, I went to support Lowry's fundraiser
And if Epstein was there, whatever. So yeah, that was the crux of her testimony that she doesn't even know
She doesn't even remember ever meeting him. Bill Clinton's testimony was a little bit different. Oh, a lot different
Yeah, but not sensationally. He was on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane. It sounds like it was plural
And then there a photo at a hot tub Yes And that in particular drew some attention and questions because there a woman Here the hot tub photo Yeah And a woman face is blacked out
She's unidentified as of yet. Jeffrey Epstein, of course, in 2008, pled guilty to soliciting
prostitution from an underage girl, Clinton, Bill Clinton testifying that it was even before that
that he decided to cut ties with Epstein. But their paths did cross in particular
when the Clinton Foundation work was either being set up or in its inception
And some people say that Jeffrey Epstein had a lot of financial chops
and a lot of wealthy people went to him for certain financial work. And that that might have been what tied the Clintons or Bill Clinton to Jeffrey Epstein
But he's very clear that even before 2008, even before those charges, that was it for him
Yeah. He did say in his opening statement, which I thought was kind of interesting. And as we make our way through these videos, which there are hours of them, I'm sure it'll come up again
But he said, I if I did not see anything that was essentially untoward, I did not do anything that was wrong
Had I, he said, I'm paraphrasing, but he said, had I seen anything, I would have suggested to DOJ that they prosecute this man
He says the former president said he came from an abusive home. He, Bill, came from an abusive home
And so he would not perpetuate violence against women or any sort of crime involving a woman as a result
You know, his own personal experience has informed his obviously opinion of this
So it's kind of interesting. The things that jumped out to me were the amount when his deposition was opening up
the amount of wealthy, powerful people, mainly men, that they were rattling off names of
Do you know if this person has it connected to Jeffrey Epstein? Do you know if this person has a connection And it was people who were involved in the Clinton Global Foundation It was Howard Lutnick It was names that Americans would know And it just stood out to me because we always talk about Epstein proximity to power
But we heard about it in these depositions as they're asking Bill and Hillary about their connection to these wealthy and powerful individuals and then how that, the nexus to Epstein
And then the other thing was the questions that they were asking Clinton, Hillary Clinton, about some of the photos that her husband is in and how she feels about those photos
Right, which really doesn't have anything to do with an investigation because you're trying to get at what the Epstein operation was about, right
But they're salacious. We're not talking about the feelings of individuals, especially if there is no direct connection that she ever partook in any of these activities
So, you know, that's a weak link to go after. But as part of what you just said, Bill Clinton did make the point that the committee is, in his words, asking the least of the people who know the most about Jeffrey Epstein and asking the most out of the people who know the least
And many interpret that to mean President Donald Trump himself, where there are a lot deeper connections and far more mentions in just what has been released and unredacted information thus far
And some also take that to mean First Lady Melania Trump, who is very close by some accounts to the Epstein orbit
And they're saying none of these people are being asked to testify, but we are
what's up. Yeah. And then again, just to make the point too, which you touched on
but Bill was asked, I'm sorry, Bill made the point that I don't know
why Hillary is being asked to be here. She has said she doesn't know
anything about Jeffrey. I am telling you she doesn't know him. Right
And yet she is here. Yeah. And some people know why they are being called. Right. Exactly
Anyway, Arthur, you'll have the story tonight coming up at 10 o'clock with all the, some of the clips
because there are hours and hours and hours. Yeah, we're still going over it right now. Yeah, It's a lot to go through