Bill Clinton Set to Tell Congress: “I Saw Nothing, and I Did Nothing Wrong”
· Thought Catalog
Updated 3 hours ago, February 27, 2026
Congress subpoenaed Bill and Hillary Clinton to testify under oath about their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. After months of fighting it, it happened and is happening all before March 1.
Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today, February 27, 2026, under oath, in Chappaqua, New York. He has released his opening statement ahead of the deposition.
In it, he opens by addressing Epstein’s victims directly, saying the girls and women whose lives Epstein destroyed “deserve not only justice, but healing” and that they have been waiting too long for both.
On his own relationship with Epstein, he says he witnessed nothing during their limited interactions that gave him any indication of what was truly going on, and that the acquaintance ended years before Epstein’s crimes came to light.
He uses the statement to defend Hillary Clinton, who testified the day before: “She has no memory of even meeting him. She neither traveled with him nor visited any of his properties. Whether you subpoenaed 10 people or 10,000, including her was simply not right.”
On his own denials, he is direct: “I know what I saw, and more importantly, what I didn’t see. I know what I did, and more importantly, what I didn’t do. I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong.”
The statement warns that during the deposition itself, expect to hear “I don’t recall” frequently.