Hillary Clinton told lawmakers during a deposition Thursday their subpoena for her testimony about Jeffrey Epstein is a distraction from President Donald Trump’s relationship with the moneyman and sex predator.

In an opening statement she posted online, Clinton said she had no information about Epstein’s crimes and didn’t recall ever meeting him.

Clinton accused Republicans of compelling her testimony “fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract from President Trump’s actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers.”

Like former President Bill Clinton, Trump socialized with Epstein, and his name appears throughout the Justice Department’s files. This week, Democrats have pointed to evidence that some FBI files potentially recounting an accusation against Trump appear to be missing from a public database, contrary to a disclosure law.

Nevertheless, Clinton will face a lot of questions from Republicans on Thursday, House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) told reporters before the deposition in Chappaqua, New York.

Lawmakers from Comer’s committee traveled to New York for depositions on Thursday and Friday to ask Hillary and Bill Clinton about their relationship with Epstein.

“Today will be a long deposition, I would assume, and tomorrow will be an even longer deposition,” Comer said.

The deposition paused at one point in the afternoon after committee member Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) sent photos of Clinton testifying to right-wing influencer Benny Johnson ― contrary to committee rules.

“The hearing has been paused briefly while they figure out where the photo came from and why possibly members of Congress are violating that rule,” Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill told reporters outside the building.

It was a weird thing for Boebert to do, since the entire deposition is being filmed and Comer said the video would be made public as soon as possible. The Clintons have said they would prefer to testify in public, but Comer insisted on the closed-door deposition, saying the committee could hold a public hearing later.

The Oversight Committee approved subpoenas for the Clintons at the same time it approved a subpoena demanding the Trump administration fork over its investigative files on Epstein, who died in 2019 while facing federal charges for sex trafficking minors.

The votes were bipartisan, and when the Clintons initially resisted sitting for depositions, Democrats joined Republicans in advancing a contempt resolution that could have resulted in criminal charges.

Hillary Clinton, a former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state, has said she does not remember ever meeting Epstein, even though her husband traveled on his plane and was repeatedly photographed in his company. But Clinton has said she had a mutual friend with Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

“We’re not accusing Hillary Clinton of wrongdoing. We know that Jeffrey Epstein said many times in emails that he was the first person to raise money for the Clinton Initiative, the Clinton Foundation, that he solicited money at some of his properties for the Clinton Foundation,” Comer said. “There are a lot of questions pertaining to Secretary Clinton, with respect to Epstein and his involvement in the Clinton initiative and her relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell.”

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