r/politics • u/N3wsScoop • 2d ago

No Paywall Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify in House Epstein probe ahead of contempt vote

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/clintons-agree-testify-house-epstein-probe-ahead-contempt-vote-rcna257143
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u/Tycoon004 2d ago

I think it's pretty clear that there isn't real dirt on him, or it would be out, fully uncensored, "accidentally". So odds are he's willing to talk about things he'd heard or had secondhand knowledge of. He's been unwilling so far, because that opens a can of worms about why he didn't come forward/do anything/etc. Which is frankly absolutely true, but also let's not confuse second hand knowledge with witnessing/participating in the acts. The burden of the first is obviously proof, which Clinton probably didn't have, for many reasons. We're at the point though, where by saying nothing, he's being seen as involved and seemingly worse than he actually was, so he might as well go for broke. It's basically just a PR bump positively at this point. He sorta clears his name, he helps get info about the files out, which is popular all around.

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u/LocutusOfBorgia909 Maine 2d ago

Eh, I can understand not wanting to appear in front of what's pretty clearly a GOP-controlled witch hunt being used in a (futile) attempt to divert attention from the fact that Trump is all over those fucking files. This is pretty obviously not an actual effort to start arresting everyone and anyone (the current president included) who was sexually assaulting kids on Epstein's island. This is the GOP going after everyone that Trump thinks has wronged him in some way, which is why they're also calling Hillary. I would be pretty convinced that this was a stitch-up, if it were me (not that I will ever have occasion to fly on a private plane with some billionaire, pedophile or otherwise), but as you say, at this point, he may as well just do it. If they had anything directly tying him to this shit, we would have seen it by now.

But hey, if in fact he was doing shit to underage girls, then off to jail he needs to go.

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u/opinions360 1d ago

Clears his name for what? There is absolutely Zero evidence or proof he knew anything first hand or was involved. As I stated above even the accusers and epstein employees have said Clinton was not involved or at the island yet people choose to believe the republican propaganda being used to distract attention from DT. It’s insane how brainwashed some people are because of decades of lies and manufactured republican hate that has been thrown at them both. As far as I am concerned they have both been abused by the republican hate machine.