Hillary Clinton accused Republican lawmakers of “partisan political theatre” and seeking to protect Donald Trump, as she testified before lawmakers investigating the US government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case on Thursday.
In a blistering opening statement, Clinton accused the House oversight committee of compelling her testimony in order to “distract attention from President [Donald] Trump’s actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers”.
The former secretary of state and her husband, the former president Bill Clinton, had earlier this month agreed to testify in the probe after Republicans on the committee threatened to hold the couple in contempt of Congress. Bill Clinton was scheduled to provide his own deposition on Friday.