Bill Clinton sat down for a deposition this week. Under oath. About Jeffrey Epstein.
And somehow managed to say essentially nothing.
Clinton, who flew on Epstein’s private jet at least 26 times according to flight logs — more than almost anyone else in Epstein’s orbit — was asked pointed questions about what he knew, when he knew it, and what exactly he witnessed during his extensive time with the convicted pedophile.
His answer, boiled down to its essence: I saw nothing. I knew nothing. I was just along for the ride.
Twenty-six flights. Multiple documented trips to Epstein’s private island. Years of social overlap with one of the most prolific sex traffickers in American history. And the former President of the United States wants the world to believe he was blissfully unaware of anything unusual happening around him.
This is the same Bill Clinton who was disbarred for lying under oath. The same man who famously parsed the definition of “is” in front of a federal grand jury. The same politician who spent an entire career doing what elite politicians do best — carefully constructing deniability while being extremely aware of exactly what was happening around him at all times.
Nobody flies on a predator’s private jet 26 times and sees nothing.
The deposition is part of ongoing legal proceedings connected to the Epstein case, which has slowly but steadily metastasized into one of the most consequential scandals in modern American history. Epstein’s client list — the full, unredacted version — remains the most sought-after document in Washington right now. And for good reason. Because Epstein didn’t build a private island, fill it with young girls, and run what federal prosecutors called a “sex trafficking operation” in a vacuum.
He had clients. Powerful ones. People who visited, who participated, who benefited, and who have spent years pulling every lever available to make this story go away.
It hasn’t gone away.
Part of why it hasn’t gone away is a Department of Justice that, under the current administration, seems considerably more interested in following this thread than its predecessors were. The first Epstein prosecution ended with a sweetheart deal that outraged prosecutors, victims, and the public. The second ended with Epstein’s mysterious death in federal custody — a death the official record calls a suicide and a significant portion of the American public calls something else entirely.
Now there are depositions. Under oath. With real consequences for perjury.
Clinton’s “I saw nothing” performance may satisfy his lawyers. It won’t satisfy history. And it certainly won’t satisfy the victims of Epstein’s trafficking operation, who have spent years watching powerful men skate while they carry the weight of what happened to them.
The powerful people in Epstein’s world have had a long run of good luck. Depositions have a way of changing that.
We’re watching.