The Clintons’ Epstein Testimony, and the Pentagon’s New Laser Strike
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From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Friday, February 27th. Here's what we're covering.
Well, I have just finished testifying. I answered every one of their questions as fully as I could.
In a closed-door meeting yesterday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat for a deposition that stretched more than six hours as members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee questioned her about Jeffrey Epstein.
returned to answer questions repetitively, literally over and over again. I don't know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein. I never went to his island. I never went to his homes. I never went to his offices.
Clinton, along with her husband, the former president, had spent months trying to fight congressional subpoenas to testify, calling them invalid and politically motivated. They only agreed to appear after they were threatened with contempt of Congress. At that point, they asked for their testimony to be public so anyone could watch. Republicans refused. But yesterday, a Republican member of the committee, Representative Lauren Boebert, leaked an image of Clinton from inside the room, which was immediately posted to social media by a right-wing podcaster. That almost derailed the whole session. Clinton abruptly paused her testimony before eventually agreeing to continue.
We are sitting through an incredibly unserious clown show of a deposition where members of Congress and the Republican Party are more concerned about getting their photo op of Secretary Clinton than actually getting to the truth and holding anyone accountable.
Some of the Democrats on the Oversight Committee condemned the deposition, saying that Republicans weren't focused on the people with the closest ties to Epstein. They noted that their GOP colleagues all skipped a deposition last week of Leslie Wexner, the billionaire Republican donor and former head of Victoria's Secret, who helped Epstein build his wealth. Clinton also pointed out that she was asked some questions about things that had nothing to do with Epstein at all, including the Pizzagate conspiracy and UFOs.
I would just say one of the things I learned today is if you really have specific questions about the Clintons and Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, you got to ask Bill Clinton.
Republican members of the committee, meanwhile, said they were looking ahead to Bill Clinton's testimony, which is scheduled for today. He flew on Epstein's plane several times after leaving office, and there are many photos of him in the Epstein files. It will be the first time a former U.S. president has been compelled against his will to testify in front of a congressional committee.
In New York City yesterday, the arrest of a college student by immigration agents set off a frantic chain reaction that roped in the city's mayor and President Trump. Around 6 in the morning, ICE agents wearing plain clothes showed up at Columbia student housing. According to university officials, they demanded to be let inside, claiming they were police officers searching for a missing child. A superintendent let them in. Columbia says they then repeated the same story at the door of the student's apartment, even showing a picture of the alleged missing child. At that point, the agents arrested an undergrad student. When asked to show a warrant, they did not. Within hours, Colombia's acting president sent out an urgent statement about the arrest, and some 200 people showed up for an emergency rally at the school.
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