‘I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong’: Bill Clinton denies wrongdoing in Epstein Files, says had ‘brief acquaintance’ with sex offender

Former US President Bill Clinton denied any wrongdoing in the Epstein Files. During his testimony on Friday (Feb 27), Clinton said that he had only a “brief acquaintance with [Jeffrey] Epstein” that ended “years before his crimes came to light” and that he never saw “what was truly going on” with the late sex offender. “The girls and women whose lives Jeffrey Epstein destroyed deserve not only justice, but healing,” Clinton said.

“They’ve been waiting too long for both. Though my brief acquaintance with Epstein ended years before his crimes came to light, and though I never witnessed during our limited interactions any indication of what was truly going on, I am here to offer what little I know so that it might prevent anything like this from ever happening again," he added. He further claimed, “I know what I saw, and more importantly, what I didn’t see. I know what I did, and more importantly, what I didn’t do. I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong.”

Clinton added in his statement, “As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I have not 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, not sweetheart deals.”

“But even with 20/20 hindsight, I saw nothing that ever gave me pause. We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long. And by the time it came to light with his 2008 guilty plea, I had long stopped associating with him,” he added.

Bill Clinton's ties with Epstein

Although there are no documents regarding Hillary's ties with Epstein, her husband, Bill, had a well-documented social relationship with the American sex offender. As per the documents, Bill Clinton flew on Epstein’s private jet at least 16 times between 2002 and 2003 for Clinton Foundation work. Moreover, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released photos in late 2025 showing him with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, including images of him in a pool and hot tub. His spokesperson claimed that Bill had no idea about Epstein's crimes and that he broke ties before Epstein's 2006 indictment.