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President Clinton's statement on today's deposition (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Friday OP
IMHO... they've got nothing on Bill Clinton. FalloutShelter Friday #1
Exactly. BlueKota Friday #3
no but they get to bring up the blue dress and muddy the waters. nt wiggs Friday #9
☝️☝️☝️ bamagal62 Friday #4
I agree. BlueKota Friday #5
Message auto-removed Name removed Friday #13
I couldn't agree more. ShazzieB Friday #23
Post removed Post removed Friday #24
Can hardly wait for the transcript and video... 2naSalit Friday #2
I find it "interesting" that they won't release Hillary's transcript until after they have Bill's testimony. hamsterjill Friday #6
I'm interested in the UFOs! BidenRocks Friday #15
I wonder which R asked that one? BlueKota Friday #21
Is it even a contest? twodogsbarking Friday #7
They are deathly afraid of smart and ethical people and power couples, so they try to discredit them early blue_jay Friday #19
Thing not mentioned he would have has a SS Detail with him Historic NY Friday #8
Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM Saturday #25
Thank you for posting UpInArms Friday #10
And if, somehow..... SergeStorms Friday #11
Are they going to ask him about UFO's? tonekat Friday #12
Ya know, LilElf70 Friday #14
This is generational hate. BidenRocks Friday #16
Just release the files and then we can talk. multigraincracker Friday #17
If they had anything on him it would have been made public long ago. Scalded Nun Friday #18
They seem to have forgotten that Bill Clinton is "The Big Dog". LoisB Friday #20
I've not heard much about Bill's appearance today. hamsterjill Friday #22
Now that the Clinton's have testified MW67 Saturday #26
Former President Bill Clinton published a video statement on X following a deposition he gave earlier today. LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #27

FalloutShelter

(14,373 posts)
1. IMHO... they've got nothing on Bill Clinton.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:14 PM
Friday

Zilch... Nada... If they had, they would have hung him out long before now.

BlueKota

(5,246 posts)
3. Exactly.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:28 PM
Friday

Like the Republicons didn't do any opposition research? They've been salivating to bring down the Clinton's for years. The only possible reason they wouldn't have run with it, is if they were afraid he would incriminate someone with an R behind their name. The fact that they're risking disposing him now, to me seems like an admission they already know he doesn't actually know anything about what Epstein was doing. It's performance art as others have said.

bamagal62

(4,460 posts)
4. ☝️☝️☝️
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:32 PM
Friday

This, a thousand times. It would have been plastered all over the place if they had even a tiny bit of evidence of his participation in these crimes. Which makes me think they must not have anything.
I still stand by my view that anyone, no matter who they are, should go to jail if they were involved in the child abuse and sex trafficking.

BlueKota

(5,246 posts)
5. I agree.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:41 PM
Friday

If Bill Clinton were involved in crimes, or any other Democrats for that matter, and it could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt they were guilty, I'd want them to be held criminally liable. That's one of the main differences between our party and theirs.

Response to FalloutShelter (Reply #1)

ShazzieB

(22,464 posts)
23. I couldn't agree more.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 07:09 PM
Friday

Clinton's accepting rides on Epstein's private plane or casually associating with him at a time when he was probably looking for wealthy donors to contribute to his foundation does not in any way prove he was implicit in or aware of any of Epstein's illicit activities, especially if his association with the sexual predator ended as early as he says it did. If any real evidence to the contrary should come to light, I will eat those words, but I doubt that I will ever need to.

Response to FalloutShelter (Reply #1)

hamsterjill

(17,413 posts)
6. I find it "interesting" that they won't release Hillary's transcript until after they have Bill's testimony.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:50 PM
Friday

Assholes are trying to find disparities.

twodogsbarking

(18,319 posts)
7. Is it even a contest?
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 02:03 PM
Friday

Bill Clinton was awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship in 1968 after graduating from Georgetown University, allowing him to study at University College, Oxford, in the United Kingdom. He attended Oxford for two years, studying politics

blue_jay

(231 posts)
19. They are deathly afraid of smart and ethical people and power couples, so they try to discredit them early
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 03:52 PM
Friday

Can't have people who are smart enough to see or expose their ignorance or selfishness, especially if the system is so deeply corrupted.

Historic NY

(39,928 posts)
8. Thing not mentioned he would have has a SS Detail with him
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 02:09 PM
Friday

even minimal. The flight logs on many occasions mentioned them...

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,300 posts)
25. Yep...
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:17 PM
Saturday

... that is what I have mentioned to friends who have asked me about Bill and Epstein. "Bill has SS detail with him at all times. If anyone of them seen something improper, it would have been reported and sensationalized in the news by now"!

UpInArms

(54,680 posts)
10. Thank you for posting
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 02:17 PM
Friday
How Ghislaine Maxwell brought Bill Clinton into Epstein's orbit

The 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 jet-setting financier who, with his girlfriend Maxwell, was hobnobbing with the world's wealthiest from Buckingham Palace to Palm Beach and collecting powerful friends along the way.

There are no direct messages between Clinton and Epstein in emails reviewed by the BBC, but the two men are the subject of much correspondence between Maxwell and Clinton's top aide, Doug Band.

SergeStorms

(20,386 posts)
11. And if, somehow.....
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 02:20 PM
Friday

tRump was served a subpoena, if he bothered showing up at all, all they'd get would be a solid 4 hours of pleading the 5th amendment.

Totally exonerated!

LilElf70

(1,506 posts)
14. Ya know,
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 03:15 PM
Friday

I really don't care anymore if the man got a BJ. It takes 2 to tango, not 1.

With that said, I have to ask you, please go back and reread his statement. The man still remains to be a class act. Still knows how to talk the talk. And better yet, I believe every word that was spoken.

Isn't Donny and Melania next? Only makes sense.

hamsterjill

(17,413 posts)
22. I've not heard much about Bill's appearance today.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 04:49 PM
Friday

Any updates?

There was much more attention paid to Hillary's appearance yesterday - or at least it seem that way from my vantage point.

MW67

(137 posts)
26. Now that the Clinton's have testified
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:56 PM
Saturday

Shouldn't be a problem for another president and his family to testify as well

LetMyPeopleVote

(178,232 posts)
27. Former President Bill Clinton published a video statement on X following a deposition he gave earlier today.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:39 PM
Saturday


Former President Bill Clinton published a video statement on X following a deposition he gave earlier today. In the three-minute clip, recorded in what appears to be a private office or library setting, Clinton opens by saying he loves his country and frames his remarks around civic responsibility and respect for the legal process. The post quickly gained traction, drawing millions of views within hours along with thousands of comments, reposts, and likes, reflecting continued public interest in his testimony and the broader political context surrounding it.
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