Hillary Clinton accuses Republicans of ‘fishing expedition’ in Epstein testimony (www.theguardian.com)

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Clinton delivers withering rebuke and says hearing is an attempt to deflect attention from Trump’s actions

Hillary Clinton delivered a withering rebuke to a congressional committee investigating her supposed links to Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, accusing its Republican members of embarking on a “fishing expedition” intended to cover up and deflect attention from the actions of Donald Trump.

In a furious opening statement at the start of her testimony to the House of Representatives’ oversight committee, the former secretary of state suggested the event was “partisan political theatre” and “an insult to the American people” while repeating her insistence that she had never met Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex trafficker who died in 2019.

“You have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump’s actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers,” she said, according to remarks she shared during the closed-door testimony.

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[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Bullshit it's behind closed doors. Plus Bobart send out pictures and it stopped the whole thing. What a fucking joke

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

They wanted it private so they could publicly say shit like:

"The Clintons were combative and completely uncooperative"
"We still have lots of unanswered questions"
"Not at all exonerated in my opinion"
"The usual softball questions from Democrats and frankly seemed afraid to offend the 'Clinton royalty'"

[-] santa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

It is by-design to control the narrative.

These snakes have shed their skin too many times to not recognize their patterns.

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