High-Profile Trump Official Implicated in Bombshell Clinton-Epstein Deposition Revelations

Donald Trump is encountering repercussions as his Republican colleagues summon the Clintons to testify concerning their connections with Jeffrey Epstein.

On Thursday, Hillary Clinton attended a private deposition at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, located near her residence in Westchester County, New York.

While the former Secretary of State is undergoing questioning today, her husband, Bill Clinton, is set to testify on Friday. Hillary insists she never crossed paths with Epstein and encountered his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, only a handful of times.

Before the hearing commenced, lawmakers were questioned about their intentions to probe Hillary regarding an email found in Epstein’s files. This email reveals that Howard Lutnick, Trump’s Commerce Secretary, communicated with the convicted pedophile about Clinton’s 2016 presidential run.

“It will be on my list,” affirmed Republican Representative Nancy Mace when speaking to the press.

In November 2015, Epstein’s assistant forwarded him an invitation from Lutnick to a ‘very intimate fundraising event’ at his financial firm for then-presidential candidate Hillary.

It is unclear whether Epstein attended the event. He made no donations to her campaign, according to filings from the Federal Elections Commission. Lutnick donated $2,700 to her campaign, the maximum allowed by law at that time.

Clinton’s historic deposition tomorrow will be the first time a former president has been compelled to testify in a congressional investigation against his will. He and Hillary finally agreed to the deposition after being threatened with contempt charges.

A motorcade arrives ahead of Hillary Clinton’s deposition in Chappaqua, New York, as part of the House Oversight Committee investigation into Jeffrey Epstein

Bill Clinton and an unidentified woman on a private jet in the latest release of the Epstein files. The former president said he only ever traveled with the pedophile for charity work

The former president relaxing in a hot tub with a woman whose face has been redacted

Ahead of the hearing on Thursday, James Comer, the Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee, told reporters: ‘Today is going to be a long day’

Republicans, who hold the majority on the House Oversight Committee, drove the effort to bring the Clintons to testify as Donald Trump faced pressure to release the Epstein files. 

Democrat lawmakers are also attending the deposition, which forms part of a broader congressional effort to investigate the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein case. 

Ahead of the hearing, James Comer, the Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee, told reporters: ‘Today is going to be a long day, and tomorrow is going to be even longer.’ 

Republicans told the Daily Mail that they expected the Clintons to prove worthy adversaries under questioning, but claimed that new evidence against the former president – including photos of him swimming with Maxwell – provided ample ammunition.

Representative Byron Donalds of Florida told the Daily Mail: ‘Bill in a pool, Bill on the plane, I think there needs to be a comprehensive review.’

‘I think what the American people are looking for right now is true accountability from people in power who were a part of sexualizing and abusing young women,’ he added. 

Clinton denies all wrongdoing, as does Hillary, who claims that she never met Epstein but acknowledges meeting Maxwell on several occasions.

Republicans anticipate the veteran politicians, no strangers to allegations of impropriety, to be combative witnesses. 

Epstein, Clinton and an unidentified man in a photograph from the Epstein files

The Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, ahead of a deposition with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in Chappaqua, New York, on Thursday

Hillary said in a BBC interview last week that she and Clinton are ‘more than happy to say what we know, which is very limited and totally unrelated to their behavior or their crimes’

President Clinton and wife Hillary share a tender moment during an East Room ceremony at the White House in Washington, July 17, 1996

Representative John McGuire of Virginia said: ‘No matter what we do, I think they are going to plead the fifth or play games, but we are going to give them the facts and expose them to the American people.’

Representative Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin said he hopes the depositions will expose others in Epstein’s orbit. 

‘I’d like to know more about the people around Epstein, because maybe they will shed a light on what Bill was doing when he had contact with Epstein, and maybe give us the names of some more of the little people who know what’s going on,’ Grothman told the Daily Mail.

‘We know that there are people out there who have said that they saw Bill on Epstein Island …  we would like to track that down. Shouldn’t we, for history’s purposes?’

Dani Bensky, an Epstein survivor who attended Tuesday’s State of the Union as a guest of Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, said lawmakers should cast a wide net when questioning the Clintons. 

She told the Daily Mail that ‘it’s really broad strokes’ that should be used.

‘I think anything that they know about, anything that they were even around for, I think they really just need to talk about every event they ever attended,’ Bensky noted, before adding that the more information the Clintons give, ‘the better.’

Epstein and Maxwell also appear to have played a key role in setting up the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative, according to the Epstein files. 

Maxwell herself was deposed as part of the bipartisan congressional investigation into the Justice Department’s prosecution and handling of the Epstein case, during which she pleaded the Fifth Amendment to prevent self-incrimination.

Hillary said in a BBC interview last week that she and Clinton are ‘more than happy to say what we know, which is very limited and totally unrelated to their behavior or their crimes.’ 

Comer noted earlier this week that ‘the Clintons’ testimony is critical to understanding Epstein and Maxwell’s sex trafficking network and the ways they sought to curry favor and influence to shield themselves from scrutiny.’

‘Their testimony may also inform how Congress can strengthen laws to better combat human trafficking. Our goal for this investigation is straightforward: we seek to deliver transparency and accountability for the American people and for survivors,’ the committee chairman added.

The Daily Mail has contacted the Clintons for comment.