In a development that has captured significant attention, former President Bill Clinton has clarified his stance on whether President Donald Trump should be compelled to testify in Congress’s extensive investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Clinton has made it clear that he claims no knowledge of any misconduct in this matter.

The House Oversight Committee recently conducted depositions with both Bill and Hillary Clinton to explore their connections to Epstein. On Monday afternoon, the committee released videos of these previously unseen depositions, shedding light on hours of testimony.

During the session, Congressman Robert Garcia of California, the leading Democrat on the panel, questioned Clinton about the possibility of subpoenaing Trump. Clinton, rather than directly answering, redirected the decision back to Garcia, noting, “That’s for you to decide, but he [Trump] did know him well, and I once had a brief discussion with him about it.”

This historic occasion marked the first instance of a former US President being deposed by Congress. Leveraging this new precedent, some Democrats have expressed interest in having Trump testify. However, Clinton remained neutral on this potential course of action.

Following Clinton’s remarks, Garcia expressed his gratitude, after which a silence enveloped the room, as captured in the video of the testimony.

Garcia then thanked Clinton, and the room fell silent, the video of the testimony shows.   

After a pause, Clinton spoke up, offering clarifying information and noting how Garcia never asked a follow-up.

‘I hate this,’ Clinton declared after the long pause. ‘But since there was no follow-up question, he’s never, the president, never, this is 20-something years ago, never said anything to me to make me think he was involved in anything improper.’

Bill Clinton told congressional investigators that he once spoke to Donald Trump about Jeffrey Epstein, and that the Republican described at the time how he and Epstein had a falling out over a real estate deal

Infamous sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and associate Ghislaine Maxwell at the White House with Bill Clinton

Clinton and Epstein in a photo released by the Department of Justice 

Trump knew that Clinton had flown on Epstein’s private jet when they spoke in the early 2000s, the Democrat testified

Clinton described a conversation he had with Trump about Epstein in the early 2000s – his only discussion with the Republican on the topic. 

‘It was on his golf course,’ the former President began. 

Clinton said he and Trump were playing in a celebrity golf tournament for a mutual friend, Joe Torre, the former general manager of the New York Yankees. 

The charity event was an annual affair that Trump would offer up his golf course for, the Democrat said. 

‘And the day I was there, he would typically, Donald Trump, would come out and play a few holes with us, and he somehow knew I had flown on Jeffrey Epstein’s aircraft,’ Clinton testified. 

‘And he said, you know, we had some great times together over the years, but we fell out all because of a real estate deal. And he said, I’m sorry, it happened. That’s all.’

Hours later, Clinton again clarified again that Trump didn’t do anything wrong as far as he knew. 

‘You know, as I said earlier, the only conversation I had with President Trump about this was in the early 2000s, and I have no information who had that he did anything wrong.

Clinton was grilled by lawmakers after photos in the newly released Epstein files showed him swimming with Maxwell and lounging in a hot tub with an unidentified woman.

Asked about others in the hot tub, Clinton said: ‘I don’t think there’s anybody in the hot tub. I don’t even – I had forgotten that there was anybody in the hot tub, but it was big.’ 

Clinton said the photo was from a hotel where their group was staying during a work trip for his charitable foundation, adding that a member of his Secret Service detail was present at the pool.

The former president denied knowledge of Epstein’s crimes, stating: ‘There’s nothing that I saw when I was around him that made me realize he was trafficking women.’ 

Asked whether he felt that Epstein and Maxwell fooled powerful people, he responded: ‘I really don’t know. I’ve thought about it a lot, but if you can figure it out I’d like to know.’

Trump and Clinton at a golf tournament in 2000

President Trump has said that he does not like to see Clinton investigated in the congressional Epstein probe. However, Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Clinton’s ties to Epstein in November

A painting of Bill Clinton in a dress seen in Jeffrey Epstein’s home in an image released by the Department of Justice on December 19, 2025

Trump has also defended Clinton during the Congressional investigation.

‘I don’t like seeing him deposed, but they certainly went after me a lot more than that,’ Trump said last week. ‘Look, I like him, and I don’t like seeing him deposed.’

Trump told NBC News in early February: ‘It bothers me that somebody is going after Bill Clinton.’

The statement stood in stark contrast to a November Truth Social post in which Trump called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to probe Clinton’s ties to Epstein. 

‘I will be asking A.G. Pam Bondi, and the Department of Justice, together with our great patriots at the FBI, to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and many other people and institutions, to determine what was going on with them, and him,’ Trump wrote on November 14.