Live updates: Bill Clinton testifies about relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
Two hours into Clinton’s testimony – here is the place issues standprinted at 18:09 GMT
Nada Tawfik
Reporting from Chappaqua, New York
We’re practically two hours into former President Bill Clinton’s testimony.
There are a couple of further information crews right here, however the rhythm of the day is fairly just like yesterday. We heard from each Republicans and Democrats earlier than the deposition began on their respective speaking factors and can hear from them all through the day.
Then we acquired a duplicate of Clinton’s opening assertion, simply as we did with Hillary Clinton yesterday. Towards the top of his feedback, he warned the committee that he would use the phrase “I don’t recall” usually and acknowledged that it is perhaps unsatisfying.
Despite that, we simply heard from the Republican Representative from Florida, Anna Paulina Luna who appeared fairly glad to date.
She believes Clinton is being clear and cooperative. She additionally stated that she could be known as on the oversight committee to subpoena the ladies listed on Epstein’s non-prosecution settlement.
Anyone who has been following the Epstein case and Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal conviction is aware of they’ve invaluable info, maybe way more than a number of the highly effective males that related with the convicted intercourse offender, however did not know about his crimes.
We are within the early hours of this deposition, when it ends, we are going to see if Bill Clinton approaches the cameras to talk as Hillary Clinton did, or if he’ll go on the chance.
