Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Christinamiot with the
Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. Hillary Clinton didn't come to talk about feelings.
Speaker 1: That was reportedly the testimony of the former U S
Speaker 1: Secretary of State, who on Thursday gave evidence to a
Speaker 1: House Oversight committee investigating a sex trafficking ring operated by
Speaker 1: the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend, Gilaine Maxwell.
Speaker 1: Clinton's husband, former US President Bill Clinton, was acquainted with Epstein,
Speaker 1: who died by suicide in a Manhattan jail in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 1: While awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, Hillary Clinton was
Speaker 1: reportedly asked by a Republican senator how she felt about
Speaker 1: quote young women giving massages to her husband. That's a
Speaker 1: reference to a two thousand and two photo of Bill
Speaker 1: Clinton and Epstein accuser Shaunte Davies where Davies appears to
Speaker 1: be giving the former president a shoulder massage. Davies has
Speaker 1: since said Bill Clinton was quote a perfect gentleman, and
Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton reportedly told the House Overside Committee on Thursday
Speaker 1: she wouldn't speculate about events where she wasn't present, and
Speaker 1: added she didn't front up to talk about feelings. The
Speaker 1: Clintons aren't accused of any wrongdoing. A subpoena issued to
Speaker 1: them several months ago by Oversight Committee chairman James Comer
Speaker 1: stated questioning would focus on Bill Clinton's use of Jeffrey
Speaker 1: Epstein's private jet in the early two thousands for work
Speaker 1: related to their namesake foundation. Pictures of Bill Clinton appear
Speaker 1: in the so called Epstein Files, which were released by
Speaker 1: the US Department of Justice earlier this year. Hillary Clinton
Speaker 1: doesn't appear in the files. She reportedly told the House
Speaker 1: Oversight Committee she has no information about Epstein's crimes and
Speaker 1: suggested they question current US President Donald Trump under oath
Speaker 1: about the quote tens of thousands of times he shows
Speaker 1: up in the Epstein files. The former Secretary of State
Speaker 1: gave her testimony behind closed doors, and the session was
Speaker 1: briefly halted after Republican Lauren Bobert leaked a picture of
Speaker 1: the closed deposition room. The Clintons previously refused to testify
Speaker 1: in the investigation, calling the proceedings legally invalid in a
Speaker 1: statement released in mid January, but they relented when lawmakers
Speaker 1: threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress. Speaking to
Speaker 1: the media, on Thursday night. Hillary Clinton expressed her disappointment
Speaker 1: the hours long deposition wasn't publicly broadcast.
Speaker 2: You could have seen it for yourself. We had asked
Speaker 2: for that. We think it would have been better for
Speaker 2: the committee and its efforts to gather whatever information they
Speaker 2: are seeking.
Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton also said the hearing was highly repetitive and
Speaker 1: went at times in unexpected directions.
Speaker 2: I don't know how many times I had to say
Speaker 2: I did not know Jeffrey Hepstein. I never went to
Speaker 2: his island, I never went to his homes, I never
Speaker 2: went to his offices. So it's on the record numerous times.
Speaker 2: It then got at the end quite unusual because I
Speaker 2: started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions
Speaker 2: about Pizzagate, one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories
Speaker 2: that was propagated on the Internet that was serving as
Speaker 2: the basis of a member's questions to me.
Speaker 1: Bill Clinton will testify before the House Oversight Committee in
Speaker 1: New York on Friday. Susan Lee has formerly resigned from Parliament,
Speaker 1: triggering a by election in the southwestern New South Wales
Speaker 1: seat of Farrer. In a statement released on Friday morning,
Speaker 1: the ousted Liberal Party leader said she won't return to
Speaker 1: Parliament for a valedictory speech and put pressure on her
Speaker 1: success at Angus Taylor to retain the seat she's held
Speaker 1: for twenty five years, saying she trusts he'll continue to
Speaker 1: quote enjoy this of Pharah Voters. The US parent company
Speaker 1: of buy now pay later platform after pay, is acting
Speaker 1: four thousand jobs. That's about forty percent of its workforce.
Speaker 1: Jack Dorsey, the founder of block which owns after pay,
Speaker 1: said artificial intelligence tools have quote changed what it means
Speaker 1: to build and run a company. Check out those stories
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