Hillary Clinton accuses Trump of Epstein 'cover up'
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I'm Will Chalk, and in the early hours of Tuesday 17th February, these are our main stories. The former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, tells the BBC she thinks there's been a cover-up by the Trump administration over the Epstein files, something the White House strongly denies. President Trump believes Iran wants to make a deal, as a second round of indirect talks over Tehran's nuclear programme are about to begin. also in this podcast.
My mother would have said, if you make your bed, you'll own it. These are people who went overseas supporting Islamic State.
Australia's prime minister says he will refuse to repatriate women and children trying to leave a detention camp in Syria. And there are tributes to the legendary American actor Robert Duvall, who's died aged 95. Our top story is comments made to the BBC by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She's told us she thinks there's been a cover-up by the Trump administration over Jeffrey Epstein. Mrs Clinton and her husband, the former US President Bill Clinton, have agreed to testify later this month in the congressional investigation into the late sex offender, which will allow them to avoid being found in contempt of Congress. Mrs Clinton was speaking in Berlin to our correspondent Jessica Parker.
who began by asking her if she regretted the links between Epstein, his convicted associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and the Clinton family.
Well, let me start by saying that a law was passed in Congress to require that all the files that have anything to do with them be released. And what we're seeing, I think it's fair to say, is a continuing cover-up by the Trump administration. In fact, when the attorney general testified last week, it was quite a scene because she refused to answer questions. She diverted attention away from the matters at hand. She refused to look at the survivors. So there's something about this administration's attitude toward this, which I think really leads us to conclude they have something to hide. We don't. We have been willing to say whatever we know. We've even done it under oath. But they want us to testify, not everyone else who's mentioned many, many times, hundreds of thousands of times in these files.
So we've said, fine, let us do it in public. And we will appear in public and we'll answer all your questions.
And we'll get to that in just a moment. But Just to be clear, do you regret the links that there have been?
You know, we have no links. We have a very clear record that we've been willing to talk about, which my husband has said he took some rides on the airplane for his charitable work. I don't recall ever meeting him. Did you ever meet Ghislaine Maxwell? I did on a few occasions, and thousands of people go to the Clinton Global Initiative. So it, to me, is not something that is really at the heart of what this matter is about. They are accused and in both cases were convicted of horrific crimes against girls and women. That should be the focus. And we are more than happy to say what we know, which is very limited and totally unrelated to their behavior or their crimes. And we want to do it in public because let's make this transparent.
The survivors deserve that. The public deserves that. But, you know, the Republican member of Congress who is running this hearing or this investigation is trying to protect the president. So let's get to what's really at stake here.
Just on this hearing, and obviously I'm sure Donald Trump and his administration would reject your characterization of what's going on, and he's denied any wrongdoing.
How can they reject it? They can't answer questions. And the attorney general was clearly unwilling to answer questions. She works for him. So let's be very clear here. According to what we now know, Mr. Trump, President Trump, is mentioned, some say, a million times in the files.
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Chapters
6 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:06
2
What allegations does Hillary Clinton make against the Trump administration regarding Epstein?
6:06–6:30
3
What are the latest developments in the US-Iran nuclear talks?
6:30–8:06
4
What stance does Australia's Prime Minister take on repatriating citizens from Syria?
8:06–10:58
5
What is the significance of the Clintons agreeing to testify in the Epstein investigation?
10:58–14:33
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How does Hillary Clinton characterize the Trump administration's actions regarding Epstein?
14:33–31:59