Hillary Clinton spent months fighting a congressional subpoena – sending lawyers, threatening contempt, refusing to show up – until Congress finally ran out of patience.
She caved, agreed to testify, and then did something nobody expected.
She flew to Berlin, sat down with the BBC, and made a statement about Jeffrey Epstein that investigators are almost certainly watching on a loop right now.
She Looked Into the Camera and Said "We Have No Links"
No links.
That's what Hillary Clinton told the BBC – that she and Bill have absolutely no connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
Bill took "some rides" on the plane, she said, like borrowing a convicted sex offender's private jet for years is something normal people just do.
She couldn't recall ever meeting Epstein personally.
She did admit to meeting convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell on "a few occasions."
Now here's what the actual records show.
Epstein visited the Clinton White House at least 17 times between 1993 and 1995 – mostly in the West Wing.
In 1993, Epstein and Maxwell attended a private White House donors' reception – hosted by Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Maxwell told Department of Justice investigators she was "very central" to launching the Clinton Global Initiative, and that Epstein was "very enthusiastic" about her involvement.
Maxwell was an honored guest at the CGI in 2013 – years after Epstein's sex crime conviction.
Maxwell attended Chelsea Clinton's wedding in 2010.
Maxwell told federal investigators she last had dinner with Bill Clinton somewhere between 2016 and 2018.
The Deflection Was Instant – and It Won't Work
The moment the BBC reporter pressed her, Hillary didn't answer.
She attacked.
The Trump administration is running a cover-up, she said – despite the fact that Trump banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago, went to the police about him, whose Justice Department prosecuted him in 2019, and who personally signed the law that forced these files into public view.
The White House had a one-line answer ready: the Trump administration "has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have."
That's not spin. That's a list of things that actually happened.
Hillary also complained she should've been allowed to just submit a written statement – the same deal some other witnesses got.
Here's what she left out: those witnesses weren't photographed at White House receptions with Epstein, didn't have Maxwell building their charitable foundation from the ground up, and didn't have Maxwell sitting in the pews at their daughter's wedding.
She's not being treated unfairly. She's being treated like someone with a lot to answer for.
She Just Handed Investigators a Gift
Think about what Hillary Clinton actually did here.
Days before she sits down under oath in front of House investigators – who have the visitor logs, the flight records, the Maxwell DOJ testimony, and the photos – she went on international television and staked out her story.
"No links."
That's the statement investigators now get to test against every document in that room.
When a witness goes on the BBC nine days before a congressional deposition to establish their version of events on camera, one of two things is true: either they're telling the truth and have nothing to worry about, or they're trying to lock in a story before they have to swear to it.
The Clintons didn't volunteer for this.
They fought it for months, skipped their depositions, and forced a bipartisan contempt vote – and it passed with Democrats joining Republicans.
When your own party won't shield you from a subpoena, the ground has shifted in ways no BBC interview can fix.
February 26th is going to be must-watch television.
Sources:
- Nick Arama, "Watch: Hillary Clinton Answers Questions From the BBC About Epstein, Maxwell, and That 'Hot Tub' Pic," RedState, February 17, 2026.
- Adam Sabes, "Epstein Associate Ghislaine Maxwell Told DOJ She Was 'Very Central' to 'Startup' of Clinton Global Initiative," Fox News, August 2025.
- "Epstein Files Reveal Scope of Ghislaine Maxwell's Role in Clinton Circle," GV Wire, February 9, 2026.
- "With Contempt Vote Looming, Here's What Epstein Documents Say About the Clintons," CNN Politics, February 2026.
- "Jeffrey Epstein Visited President Bill Clinton 17 Times, White House Visitor Logs Show," The Daily Beast.
- "Hillary Clinton Accuses Trump Administration of Epstein Files 'Cover-Up' in BBC Interview," Yahoo News/BBC, February 17, 2026.
