Representative Bill Clinton late Friday accused the White House of using him as a scapegoat after photos of the former president with a sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as the young woman in the pool, were included in the list under Congressional orders to release government files.
“The White House kept these files hidden for months only to dump them late Friday night to protect Bill Clinton,” A company representative said this in a statement to X.
“It's about protecting themselves from what comes next, or what they try to hide forever. So they can post as many grainy 20-year-old photos as they want, but it's not about Bill Clinton. Never has been and never will be,” the statement said.
It continued: “Even Susie Wiles said Donald Trump was wrong about Bill Clinton,” the report said, citing comments made by the White House chief of staff to Vanity Fair in which Wiles acknowledged Clinton was not on Epstein's Caribbean island, despite Trump's repeated claims to the contrary.
Clinton has long maintained that he ended his relationship with Epstein around 2005, before the disgraced financier pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor in Florida.
In a statement, Clinton spokesman Angel Ureña said: “There are two types of people here. The first group knew nothing and cut ties with Epstein before his crimes came to light. The second group continued their relationship with him after. We are in the first. No amount of delay from the people in the second group will change that. Everyone, especially MAGA, is looking for answers, not scapegoats.”
Photos released Friday showed Clinton in an underground pool with Maxwell and a woman whose features had been edited, on a plane with Michael Jackson and Diana Ross, and at dinner with Mick Jagger, Epstein and other public figures.
A photo of Clinton in the pool appeared later. published on X White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt with the caption “Oh my God!” and a red-faced smiley.
“Slick Willie! @BillClinton is just relaxing, not caring about anything. Little did he know…” – Stephen Chung, White House Communications Director, sent to X.
Epstein visited the White House at least 17 times during the early years of Clinton's presidency, according to records of White House visitors cited in news reports. He later traveled with Epstein on the financier's private jet for several years after he left office in 2001, including to Asia and Africa on trips related to the Clinton Global Initiative. Clinton was never formally accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein.
But Trump has repeatedly made insinuations about the relationship between Clinton and Epstein. Last month, he called on the Justice Department and the FBI to “investigate Jeffrey Epstein's involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton,” part of a long-running campaign to characterize the Epstein scandal as an issue unique to Democrats.
The release of the Justice Department photos comes as Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and presidential candidate, are scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee about their ties to Epstein.
The testimony, originally scheduled for last week, was rescheduled for January 13 and 14. Committee chairman James Comer threatened to file contempt proceedings if the couple did not appear to testify on those dates. The politician reported.
