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Bill Clinton told lawmakers on Friday that he "saw nothing that gave me pause" when he spent time with Jeffrey Epstein, as the former president gave closed-door testimony about his relationship with the late sex offender.Clinton's closed-door appearance before the House of Representatives Oversight Committee marked the first time a current or former president has been compelled to testify before Congress.Democrats on the panel said President Donald Trump should be subpoenaed as well, but the committee's Republican chairman, James Comer said that was not going to happen.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton denied wrongdoing on Friday (February 27, 2026) to a congressional panel probing his links to Jeffrey Epstein, as Democrats seek to shift focus onto U.S. President Donald Trump’s own ties to the notorious sex offender.Mr. Clinton’s deposition concluded after more than 6 hours, after lawmakers said he answered every question about Epstein.Mr. Clinton features prominently throughout the Epstein files, but he insists that he broke ties well before the disgraced billionaire’s 2008 conviction for sex offenses.“I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” Mr. Clinton said in his opening statement, shared on social media.The Republican chair of the House committee probing Epstein, James Comer, said ahead of Mr. Clinton’s deposition that he would be “asking lots of questions.” His Republican colleague Anna Paulina Luna said the former President was cooperative.But Democrats on the committee reiterated their call for Trump, who also has well-documented links to Epstein, to be quizzed.“Let’s be real, we are talking to the wrong president,” said Democrat committee member Suhas Subramanyam, who also emphasised that Mr. Clinton had not dodged any questions.In his statement, Mr. Clinton did not name Mr. Trump directly but said “no person is above the law, even Presidents — especially Presidents.”As for Mr. Trump, he repeated his scepticism over the whole process, telling reporters he likes Mr. Clinton, “and I don’t like seeing him deposed.”Being mentioned in the files released by the U.S. Department of Justice does not imply wrongdoing, and Mr. Clinton — like Mr. Trump — has not been accused of a crime or formally investigated.Mr. Clinton follows his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who testified on Thursday and defiantly called for Mr. Trump to appear before the panel.The lawmakers should ask Mr. Trump “directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times…

ReutersThere is a photo that shows Bill Clinton taking a night-time swim alongside Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite now convicted of sex trafficking.Another captures him smiling backstage at a Rolling Stones concert in Hong Kong with Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and now globally notorious sex offender.A third undated snap shows the former US president reclining in a hot tub beside someone whose face is blacked out to protect their identity.Clinton's links to Epstein have been well known for years, with the former president stating it was his charity work after leaving the White House that brought them together.Now images and emails released by the Department of Justice provide clues about the extent of the relationship, and reveal the work going on behind the scenes by Maxwell to nurture the connection between the two men.The newly released material is likely to play a central part in tough questioning the former Democratic president is undergoing by a Republican-led congressional committee. The testimony on Friday makes Clinton the latest powerful figure to face scrutiny for their association with the late disgraced financier.ReutersThe files do not implicate Clinton in any wrongdoing; he has not been accused of misconduct by Epstein's victims who have come forward so far, and there is no proof he knew of his crimes. Clinton's spokesperson has said the photos are decades old and Clinton had stopped associating with Epstein before his crimes came to light.But the new material does apparently indicate how Clinton's world collided with Epstein's in the early 2000s, when Clinton was redefining himself as an ex-president on a philanthropic mission. He was in the market for wealthy donors to the Clinton Foundation and later to the Clinton Global Initiative, a gathering of leaders devoted to addressing world problems.At the time, Epstein was a money manager and…

Clinton is deposed by the House Oversight Committee over Epstein ties, a day after Hillary testified.Bill Clinton has told lawmakers that he “saw nothing that gave me pause” when he spent time with Jeffrey Epstein, as the former president gave closed-door testimony about his relationship with the late sex offender.In a prepared statement on Friday, Clinton told the House of Representatives Oversight Committee that he would not have flown on the late financier’s plane if he had known about his alleged sex trafficking of underage girls, and would have reported him to the police if he did.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2Hillary Clinton comments after Epstein hearinglist 2 of 2Bill and Hillary Clinton set for Epstein deposition: What to knowend of list“We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long,” Clinton said.Clinton flew on Epstein‘s plane several times in the early 2000s after he left office and before Epstein’s 2008 conviction of soliciting prostitution from a minor. A tranche of documents released by the Department of Justice includes photos of Clinton with women whose faces are redacted.“I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” Clinton said.The former president is in a deposition before the House Oversight Committee, one day after his wife, Hillary Clinton, testified before the same panel. It is being held near the Clintons’ home in Westchester County, New York.The panel’s Republican chairman, Representative James Comer of Kentucky, said he would ask the former president about the photos released by the Justice Department. The committee is also expected to quiz Clinton about Epstein’s involvement with the couple’s charitable foundation.Comer said video of Hillary Clinton’s testimony could be released as soon as Friday. He repeatedly has said the Clintons are not accused of wrongdoing.Democrats call for Trump to testifyThe Clintons…

Bill Clinton told American lawmakers on Friday that he “saw nothing that gave me pause” when he spent time with Jeffrey Epstein, as the former US president gave closed-door testimony about his relationship with the late sex offender.In a prepared statement, Clinton told the House of Representatives Oversight Committee that he would not have flown on the late financier’s plane if ‌he had known about his alleged sex trafficking of underage girls, and would have reported him if he did.“We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long,” Clinton said.Clinton flew on Epstein’s plane several times in the early 2000s after he left office and before Epstein’s 2008 conviction of soliciting prostitution from a minor.A tranche of millions of documents released by the Justice Department includes photos of Clinton with women whose faces are redacted.“I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” Clinton said.

Importers in the United States are expected to front-load goods from China after the Supreme Court struck down the use of emergency powers as the legal basis for US President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, potentially opening a brief window of relief, analysts said.Companies selling products made in China, or using Chinese raw materials, were likely to place larger orders in the coming weeks amid uncertainty over whether Trump’s pledge to raise a new tariff – from 10 per cent to 15 per cent – would take effect under a non-emergency statute or win congressional approval within the required 150 days, they said.Trump had partly justified last year’s tariff hikes on nearly all America’s trading partners under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), but the Supreme Court rejected that rationale on February 20.Jeff Bowman, CEO of Cocona, a Colorado-based seller of sweat-drying additives used in clothing fabrics, said the ruling had been “well received” and that the company was watching how its Chinese clients would respond.“There’s always a high degree of uncertainty in the current administration and how to plan for it,” Bowman said. “That’s sort of endemic.”For Excel Dryer, an American hand-dryer manufacturer, the shifting tariffs had affirmed its strategy to source all parts domestically, said William Gagnon, the company's executive vice-president.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of The White House, in Washington D.C., on February 26, 2026. Source: X/@NYCMayor New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented U.S. President Donald Trump with a mock newspaper front page during a visit to the White House on Thursday (February 27, 2026) to discuss massive new housing investments in the city.It's a tactic designed to appeal to Mr. Trump, who is keenly aware of his media coverage and, aside from being an avid viewer of cable news, is known to voraciously consume coverage in the local New York City publications. The Republican president and Democratic mayor have maintained a cordial relationship since their first meeting last fall.Anna Bahr, Mamdani's communications director, said the mayor's team created a mock front page and headlines for Trump to look at and demonstrate what kind of reaction new federal housing investments could bring. The mock New York Daily News front page says “Trump to City: Let's Build” — a riff on the famous 1975 cover that read “Ford to City: Drop Dead,” referring to Gerald Ford's vow to veto financial assistance to the city.I had a productive meeting with President Trump this afternoon.I'm looking forward to building more housing in New York City. pic.twitter.com/XnPbt0KXYU— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) February 26, 2026The mayor posted the photo of their meeting, featuring the front pages, to his social media page.Ms. Bahr said Mr. Trump was “very enthusiastic” about Mr. Mamdani's proposal, which would allow 12,000 new affordable homes to be built at Sunnyside Yard in Queens by securing more than $21 billion in federal grants to build a deck over the rail yard site. The mayor's office estimates that the project could create 30,000 jobs and would be the biggest housing…

Former President Bill Clinton. File | Photo Credit: AP Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will be grilled by a Congressional panel on Friday (February 27, 2026) on his well-documented links to Jeffrey Epstein, as Democrats seek to shift focus onto Donald Trump's own ties to the convicted sex offender.Mr. Clinton features prominently throughout the latest Epstein files disclosures, with the former President insisting that he broke ties with him well before the disgraced billionaire's 2008 conviction for sex offenses.Mere mention in the files released by the U.S. Department of Justice does not imply wrongdoing, and Mr. Clinton has not been accused of a crime or formally investigated.He follows his wife, former Secretary of State Ms. Hillary Clinton, who testified Thursday (February 26, 2026), defiantly calling for President Trump — who like Mr. Bill Clinton had ties with Epstein — to appear before the panel."If this committee is serious about learning the truth about Epstein's trafficking crimes. It would ask [Mr. Trump] directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he shows up in the Epstein files," she said in an opening statement published online.The depositions are being held behind closed doors even though the Clintons called for them to be open and televised, a move Mr. Bill Clinton denounced as akin to a "kangaroo court."The grilling comes with greater peril for the former President than for his wife, as he has acknowledged extensive interactions with Epstein, but said he never visited the shady financier's private Caribbean island.Epstein was associated with the world's rich, famous, and powerful, and was convicted in 2008 for soliciting sex from girls as young as 14. He died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while facing trial on sex trafficking charges.The Republican-led House Oversight Committee is probing those who were linked to…

Hillary Clinton has concluded her deposition with the House Oversight Committee. Following the session she said she wanted "the truth to come out." In her testimony, she denied knowing Jeffrey Epstein or ever going to his house. On Friday, Bill Clinton is expected to testify in front of the committee. The BBC's North America correspondent Nada Tawfik, reporting from Chappaqua, New York, explains what we know about Clinton's closed-door testimony.

CANBERRA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult." Fischer, who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1996 to 1999 under Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister John Howard, on Wednesday said the U.S. administration's failure to appoint an ambassador to Canberra for 18 months indicated Australia was now of "low priority." John Berry, the former U.S. Ambassador to Australia, resigned in September 2016, leaving the post vacant ever since. "This is now bordering on a diplomatic insult," Fischer told Fairfax Media on Wednesday. "We've been downgraded, despite all the nice noises. We are a low priority. Fischer identified U.S. President Donald Trump's opposition to a refugee deal negotiated between his predecessor Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as a likely reason for the current administration's failure to appoint an ambassador. It has long been speculated that Admiral Harry Harris, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, is the likely next ambassador but there has been no confirmation from the White House. Simon Jackman, head of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, disagreed with Fischer, saying the delay showed the Trump administration was taking the appointment "extremely seriously."