Former President Bill Clinton told members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee investigating his ties to Jeffrey Epstein that “I saw nothing” and “did nothing wrong.” “As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing—I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes,” Clinton said of Epstein in his opening statement to the panel, which he posted on X. 👇🏻⬇️more in the 1rst comments ⬇️👇🏻

It’s very rare for a sitting or former president to appear before members of Congress. The last to do so was former President Gerald R. Ford in 1983, when he testified before a Senate subcommittee about planning for the bicentennial of the Constitution.

Ford also answered questions from Congress as president, appearing before a House subcommittee in 1974 to testify about his pardon of Richard M. Nixon, his predecessor.

The Democratic-led House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol subpoenaed Trump to testify in 2022. Trump challenged the subpoena, with his then-lawyer David Warrington, now the White House counsel, saying in a statement, “Long held precedent and practice maintain that separation of powers prohibits Congress from compelling a President to testify before it.”

The committee withdrew the subpoena before it shut down at the end of 2022.

Democrats on the panel have said repeatedly that deposing the Clintons should open the door to calling

Trump in for testimony.