21+ Most Compelling Moments From Bill Clinton’s 4-Hour Epstein Testimony
Housing Oversight Committee released the full video of Clinton’s closed-door inauguration yesterday. Burned for 4+ hours on a painting of a blue dress in Epstein’s mansion, the comment “you love it when you’re young,” plane logs, the island, Maxwell, massages, emails, and more.
This was part of the commission’s ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. The full video (approximately 4.5 hours) was released publicly by the committee on Monday, March 2, 2026,
Clinton denied any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and described their relationship as good but not friendly.
Here are some of the most memorable exchanges, direct quotes, and closing quotes from the released photos.
EXECUTIVE MEMBER: Do you believe Jeffrey Epstein killed himself?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I only know what a health discovery it was. He ended up being caught and I didn’t know. I accepted it in my own mind. I don’t know what happened.
EXECUTIVE MEMBER: What did you accept? Whether he killed himself or not?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: That he did, but I don’t know. Neither do you. We don’t know. None of us know. We weren’t there.
About Hot Tub Photo Night
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I sat in the hot tub for 5 minutes and then fell asleep.
When Clinton Threatens Journalists
EMMER: Virginia Giuffre alleges that she broke into Vanity Fair and threatened them not to write sex-trafficking articles about Epstein. Mr. President, is this true?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: No. And no, not no. No. Not close. No.
Confronts Epstein Says Bill Clinton “Loves Little People”
REP. MACE: Did you know one of the witnesses who testified in the Epstein trials said that Epstein said, quote, “like the little ones”? Why would Epstein say that about you?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: First of all, that is not true.
REP. MACE: What is not true?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: That I am interested in underage…
REP. MACE: I didn’t say it was a small child. I said I was young.
PRESIDENT CLINTON: But it’s still not true. At my age, anyone younger than me is still young.
Blue Dress Painting
EXECUTIVE MEMBER: Do you know this painting? Have you ever seen it in person?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I have never seen it in person.
ADVICE: Do you know why someone would paint this?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: And if I had known that Jeffrey Epstein had this painting, it would have saved me the whole day.
Giuffre’s Diary Places Him on an Island
REP. STANSBURY: His family shared his diary with me. In it there is a quote where he writes: “Bill Clinton met twice on the island with two girls, CTG, M, and JE” How do you react to that?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: It’s not fair.
Asks Maxwell Guiding the Maidens to the Plane
EXECUTIVE MEMBER: Have you seen Ms. Maxwell hovering over the other girls on the plane and possibly directing the girls?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: Well, I thought he was Epstein’s chief aide and that he was in charge of what was going on.
EXECUTIVE MEMBER: What happened, Mr.
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I don’t know. I mean I already told you this. I will tell you again. I have never seen anyone do anything bad. I thought they were flight attendants.
EXECUTIVE MEMBER: Do flight attendants usually wear tank tops and jeans?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: Not everyone wears a uniform on private jets.
“Hung Like A Horse” Email Read Aloud
PRESIDENT CLINTON: “I couldn’t help it. There’s a little thing I’ve taken out. About what kind of person you are and how I’m attracted to you and how you hang like a horse. And you get the picture. I hope you don’t mind.”
EMMER: Do you know this email?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: Now it is popular.
“I wish Shanté had told me”
REP. STANSBURY: Now that you know that Jeffrey Epstein hired girls as masseuses, does that reframe that picture?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: He wants to know if I feel bad for him. Yes. I wish Shanté told me. I loved him.
The deal with Epstein
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I thought we had an understanding about airplanes, that he would let me use an airplane to stop my AIDS programs around the world if I agreed to talk to him for an hour about economics and politics on every long leg. I kept my word and he seemed to respect his.
“All These Boats, They All Do That”
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I can’t tell you how many flights I’ve been on where rich people asked me to go and someone gave me massages. All these boats that you go on, they all do that. And I usually don’t. I’m not in this.
REP. STANSBURY: Of course, that raises some questions about people offering free massages on boats.
“Spank Bottoms” email from Shared Blackberry
EMMER: This email says: “This email is nonsense. I want to answer you tonight.”
EMMER: Did you share a Blackberry with Mr. Band?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: Well, you say we did, but I think I was… I finally got another Blackberry. But the truth is that I don’t remember. I just know I didn’t send the email.
Bill Clinton Says He’s Only Sent Two Emails… Ever
EMMER: Have you sent the email, Mr. President?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I sent one email to John Glenn, Senator John Glenn, when he was 77 years old in space. And I sent an email to the men and women who were aboard a US ship in the Adriatic during the Kosovo war. Since then, I’m not sure if I sent it.
Epstein’s cameras
EMMER: It is reported that Mr. Epstein had cameras on his property. Did you see any cameras?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I didn’t, but that might have been the whole point.
“It Wasn’t Necessary, Since I Wasn’t”
REP. MACE: Did you know that Jeffrey Epstein ordered a witness to deny ever being on his island?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: He didn’t have to, since I wasn’t there.
Why He Allowed Maxwell To Attend Chelsea’s Wedding
REP. MACE: If you knew in 2008 that Jeffrey Epstein had sex with children, and you knew about his intimate relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell, why were you still associating with Ghislaine Maxwell? And why would you let him associate with your daughter?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: When the marriage took place, she was with Ted Waitt and had been for several years. We didn’t know when Epstein was arrested that he was still involved with him. We didn’t know.
I am sorry for what he did and what he allowed his life to become. And now he lives with it.
How Did They Lose So Many People?
REP. MACE: How do you think Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein deceived so many powerful and intelligent people, fully connected people, all over the world?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I really don’t know. I’ve thought about it a lot. And if you can find it, I’d love to know.
Trump Defends Lutnick
PRESIDENT CLINTON: Lutnick has a big company and has made a lot of money and has a lot of support. I don’t think he believes he did anything wrong. I think you took your family to the island and you wouldn’t do anything wrong. That’s what I think.
For the treatment of Ghislaine Maxwell in Prison
REP. TEXT: Deputy Attorney General and President Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, conducted a closed-door interview with Ms. Maxwell in his low-security prison at the time. Just days after that interview, he was transferred to a minimum-security prison where he gets personal meals, playtime and puppies. When you were president, was it normal for your deputy attorney general to directly handle state prisoners?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: As far as I know I didn’t do that.
With the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell
REP. TEXT: In your opinion, does he deserve or should he be granted clemency by President Trump?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I don’t think I should comment on that. What he did was very bad and he should be punished. Someone besides me has to make a decision about that. So he got 20 years and there.
Half a dozen billion planes
REP. MACE: Have you ever flown on someone else’s private jet 26 or more times on an overseas trip?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I have flown many miles on other jets but never with so many stops.
REP. MACE: How many other people’s planes have you used like Epstein’s?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I did with Steve Bing, who has passed away, and maybe four or five others. So maybe about half a billion in total.
PRESIDENT CLINTON: My staff said, “You know, we’re just a few blocks from Epstein’s. It’s a converted elementary school. He’s proud of it.” So that’s what we did.
Looking for Full Files
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I think unless there is a serious risk of harm to one of the victims or a national security interest involving intelligence, I think everything else should be ruled out. I think we have to get to a point where we can put this behind us.
In old age
PRESIDENT CLINTON: Most of my life I was a little person who did whatever I did. And one day I woke up, I was an old man in every room. And I couldn’t tell you about my life how I got from one place to another.
Final Words
PRESIDENT CLINTON: I’m struggling because it’s hard to know exactly what I knew when I knew it, considering what I’ve learned since then. It has become a compelling challenge, but I tried to tell you what I knew at the time.
All the best. I will say, if you can think of some things that you should do that will reduce the incidence of human trafficking in America… and it should be possible for us to end child abuse. It should be so. We have to find out what kind of technology we need and what kind of policies.
