Conservatives have seized on this testimony as a powerful exoneration, especially given Clintonโs own deep ties to Epsteinโincluding multiple flights on the โLolita Expressโ and photos from Epsteinโs files showing him in social settings with the financier. Bill Clinton repeatedly insisted he had โno ideaโ of Epsteinโs crimes, ended contact after Epsteinโs 2008 guilty plea, and saw โnothingโ improper during his associations. Yet, in the same deposition, he went out of his wayโunprompted in follow-upsโto clear Trump, stating flatly that nothing Trump said suggested involvement in Epsteinโs illegal activities.
