WEBVTT - Hillary Clinton’s Epstein testimony not about ‘feelings’

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Christinamiot with the

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<v Speaker 1>Front's afternoon headlines. Hillary Clinton didn't come to talk about feelings.

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<v Speaker 1>That was reportedly the testimony of the former U S

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of State, who on Thursday gave evidence to a

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<v Speaker 1>House Oversight committee investigating a sex trafficking ring operated by

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<v Speaker 1>the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend, Gilaine Maxwell.

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<v Speaker 1>Clinton's husband, former US President Bill Clinton, was acquainted with Epstein,

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<v Speaker 1>who died by suicide in a Manhattan jail in twenty nineteen.

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<v Speaker 1>While awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, Hillary Clinton was

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<v Speaker 1>reportedly asked by a Republican senator how she felt about

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<v Speaker 1>quote young women giving massages to her husband. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>reference to a two thousand and two photo of Bill

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<v Speaker 1>Clinton and Epstein accuser Shaunte Davies where Davies appears to

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<v Speaker 1>be giving the former president a shoulder massage. Davies has

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<v Speaker 1>since said Bill Clinton was quote a perfect gentleman, and

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<v Speaker 1>Hillary Clinton reportedly told the House Overside Committee on Thursday

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<v Speaker 1>she wouldn't speculate about events where she wasn't present, and

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<v Speaker 1>added she didn't front up to talk about feelings. The

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<v Speaker 1>Clintons aren't accused of any wrongdoing. A subpoena issued to

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<v Speaker 1>them several months ago by Oversight Committee chairman James Comer

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<v Speaker 1>stated questioning would focus on Bill Clinton's use of Jeffrey

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein's private jet in the early two thousands for work

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<v Speaker 1>related to their namesake foundation. Pictures of Bill Clinton appear

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<v Speaker 1>in the so called Epstein Files, which were released by

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<v Speaker 1>the US Department of Justice earlier this year. Hillary Clinton

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't appear in the files. She reportedly told the House

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<v Speaker 1>Oversight Committee she has no information about Epstein's crimes and

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<v Speaker 1>suggested they question current US President Donald Trump under oath

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<v Speaker 1>about the quote tens of thousands of times he shows

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<v Speaker 1>up in the Epstein files. The former Secretary of State

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<v Speaker 1>gave her testimony behind closed doors, and the session was

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<v Speaker 1>briefly halted after Republican Lauren Bobert leaked a picture of

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<v Speaker 1>the closed deposition room. The Clintons previously refused to testify

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<v Speaker 1>in the investigation, calling the proceedings legally invalid in a

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<v Speaker 1>statement released in mid January, but they relented when lawmakers

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<v Speaker 1>threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress. Speaking to

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<v Speaker 1>the media, on Thursday night. Hillary Clinton expressed her disappointment

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<v Speaker 1>the hours long deposition wasn't publicly broadcast.

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<v Speaker 2>You could have seen it for yourself. We had asked

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<v Speaker 2>for that. We think it would have been better for

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<v Speaker 2>the committee and its efforts to gather whatever information they

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<v Speaker 2>are seeking.

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<v Speaker 1>Hillary Clinton also said the hearing was highly repetitive and

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<v Speaker 1>went at times in unexpected directions.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how many times I had to say

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<v Speaker 2>I did not know Jeffrey Hepstein. I never went to

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<v Speaker 2>his island, I never went to his homes, I never

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<v Speaker 2>went to his offices. So it's on the record numerous times.

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<v Speaker 2>It then got at the end quite unusual because I

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<v Speaker 2>started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions

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<v Speaker 2>about Pizzagate, one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories

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<v Speaker 2>that was propagated on the Internet that was serving as

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<v Speaker 2>the basis of a member's questions to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Clinton will testify before the House Oversight Committee in

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<v Speaker 1>New York on Friday. Susan Lee has formerly resigned from Parliament,

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