Hillary Clinton Strikes Back at Trump at Powerful Presser!

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1:17Ben Meiselas:Hillary Clinton just delivered instant karma to Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans. She just wrapped up a press conference in Chappaqua, that town that she lives in around upstate New York. She finished her deposition where she was called and subpoenaed by the MAGA Republicans in connection with the Epstein files, even though she doesn't appear on them and never met Epstein and has no connection to Epstein, unlike people in Donald Trump's cabal. In any event, she sat for a deposition. As I talked about earlier, you had MAGA Republicans like Lauren Boebert try to take photos of her, to which Hillary Clinton said, let's just allow the press to come in.

1:55Ben Meiselas:If you're going to violate all the rules that you're setting about no cameras and no whatever, let's have the whole press come in. I want to do this hearing in public anyway. And then James Comer was like, no, no, no, no, no. Then Hillary Clinton held a press conference. It was a powerful press conference. It's vintage Hillary Clinton. She was clear. She was very specific. She punched back at these MAGA Republicans. She mocked them. It was great. Let me show you what went down moments ago as she stepped out of her deposition. She talked about how weird and unusual these MAGA Republicans were behaving in the deposition and how they started talking about Pizzagate and UFOs.

2:30Ben Meiselas:Let's play this clip.

2:31Hillary Clinton:I don't know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Hepstein. I never went to his island. I never went to his homes. I never went to his offices. So it's on the record numerous times. It then got, at the end, quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate, one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet that was serving as the basis of a member's questions to me.

3:12Ben Meiselas:Next, Hillary Clinton talked about an exchange that she thought was one of the most interesting exchanges of the deposition. Let's play this clip.

3:21Hillary Clinton:I can only say that the best exchange that I had came at the very end, when contrary to every other deposition they have taken, no Republican member asked any questions about Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell to anyone else they have deposed. And in fact, the Republican members didn't even show up for the deposition of Les Wexner. And when I said that, I had to point out that the only questions that any Republican member asked of any of the people they deposed was of former Attorney General Bill Barr, when Chairman Comer asked him about the allegations in his view about Russia's involvement in my election in 2016.

4:33Hillary Clinton:So at the very end of this hearing, after I made that point, I want to commend Chairman Comer for raising a series of significant questions that I responded to about the nature of the investigation and the areas that I thought should be explored. So I appreciated that. I want to see the truth come out. So that was a reassuring way to end a very long, repetitive deposition.

5:13Ben Meiselas:Next, Hillary Clinton talked about how these MAGA Republicans, the Congress members who were there, who didn't bother going to Les Wexner's deposition or, you know, don't bother asking anyone else questions about Epstein in order to cover up for Donald Trump. She's like, look, we agreed to rules that they wanted and they started violating them. So I'm like, let's just let the press in here. Play this clip.

5:40Hillary Clinton:Hello everybody. Hello. Good evening. Well, I have just finished testifying. I answered every one of their questions as fully as I could based on what I knew. And what I knew is what I said in my statement this morning. I never met Jeffrey Epstein, never had any connection or communication with him. I knew Ghislaine Maxwell casually as an acquaintance, but whatever they asked me, I did my very best to respond. It was disappointing that they refused to hold a public hearing, so I wouldn't have to be out here characterizing it for you. you could have seen it for yourself. We had asked for that. We think it would have been better for the committee and its efforts to gather whatever information they are seeking.

6:46Hillary Clinton:We had a bit of a challenge in the beginning because we agreed upon rules based on the fact was going to be a closed hearing at their demand and one of the members violated that rule which was very upsetting because it suggested that they might violate other of our agreements. So we had to cease the hearing for a period of time until we could get assurances that no rules would be broken going forward. And we returned to answer questions repetitively, literally over and over again. I don't know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Hepstein. I never went to his island. I never went to his home.

7:39Hillary Clinton:I never went to his offices. So it's on the record numerous times.

7:45Ben Meiselas:She talks about what she's asked. She answers every question from the press. They ask her, well, how do you process the fact that your husband, Bill Clinton, is referenced in the Epstein files? OK, so, OK, you're going after Hillary Clinton for her husband. OK, well, if that's the case, why don't you ask Melania all these questions? Because Donald Trump's like the lead character in the Epstein files. But anyway, watch Hillary Clinton answer this question with dignity. Let's play this clip.

8:13Hillary Clinton:Madam Secretary, Secretary, Secretary, you spoke in your opening remarks about how heartbroken you have been for the Epstein survivors as these files have come out. Can you talk to us a little bit about how you have processed and reacted to the fact that the former president, your husband, Bill Clinton, is referenced in the Epstein files numerous times, including in some photos featuring women? And how have you been personally preparing for the deposition that is coming tomorrow? So are you 100 % confident that there isn't anything that the former president knows about Epstein's runs? I am, and I think the chronology of the connection that he had with Epstein ended years, several years, before anything about Epstein's criminal activities came to life and that he was charged and sadly given a sweetheart deal, which as I said in my statement, had that not happened, perhaps his predatory behavior could have been stopped earlier.

9:17Hillary Clinton:But I think it is fair to say that the vast majority of people who had contact with him before his criminal pleas in 08 were like most people. They did not know what he was doing. And I think that that is exactly what my husband will testify to tomorrow.

9:45Ben Meiselas:So then she's asked, do you still want to testify publicly, even though you gave this deposition? She's like, I'm not doing this again. I'm doing it once. I had the opportunity to do it in public. I want this tape released. We can release the video deposition right away. Here, play this clip.

10:11Hillary Clinton:Do you believe this was a fair hearing? And do you still want to testify publicly, even though you gave this proposition? Well, I'm not going to do it again. You know, they had a chance to do it in public, and I wish they had done it in public. And I think they're making the wrong decision avoiding doing it in public. I thought it was very repetitive. I thought that they asked literally the same questions over and over again. which didn't seem to me to be very productive. And then, as I said, toward the end, you know, there were other questions that were totally off subject. So if they are going to fulfill their responsibilities to literally investigate the investigations, which is what they originally said was the scope of their work, I think they could have spent the day more productively.

11:10Ben Meiselas:Next, a reporter asks why Ghislaine Maxwell was invited to Chelsea's wedding. And Hillary's like, she wasn't. She wasn't. She was somebody's plus one that Chelsea invited. And we didn't know that she was even going to be there. Gotcha. What a gotcha moment. Here, play this clip. Madam Secretary, Madam Secretary, can I ask, James Matthews from Sky News, can I ask, why was Colleen Maxwell, thank you, for the Dr. Chelsea Clinton's wedding in 2010, she'd already been mentioned in a civil lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre before that, Jeffrey Epstein had already been convicted before that.

11:49Hillary Clinton:She came as the plus one, the guest of someone who was invited. Thank you, everybody.

11:56Ben Meiselas:And then Hillary Clinton says, I don't know when the video is going to come out there, but I want it out as soon as possible. Let's play it. Madam Secretary, what was your reaction?

12:05Hillary Clinton:Your husband in the hot tub is assuming he has released it. What message did you say? I don't know when the video will be out. I don't know when the transcript will be out. We've asked this baby out as quickly as possible, and then you can see everything. Madam Secretary, what was your reaction? We heard from Bill Gates' concerns about Epstein trying to blackmail him.

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14:16Ben Meiselas:And I remember this. Hillary Clinton said that she would testify publicly. She said she wants to do this hearing in front of everybody originally, and James Comer wanted it to be private. Okay, Comer, what do you have to say now? Play this clip. picture that you just showed where Bill Clinton was in the hot tub. We showed her that picture and she acted like she had no curiosity, wasn't concerned who was in the hot tub with him or any, she didn't know, she said, and she really wasn't concerned. So, you know, a lot of things she said that I think most Americans will find hard to believe when they watch the video.

14:49Ben Meiselas:And by the way, James Comer, look into James Comer's past. He's been accused of abuse. He's been accused of like, like, like hitting a girlfriend. He's been accused of a lot of things too, Comer. So, you know, be careful casting those stones, Comer. Then you had another MAGA Republican, Pat Fallon. Here's what he had to say, play this clip.

15:14Hillary Clinton:Now, do you think that the Boebert photo that was sent out, which y 'all aren't supposed to do that, right? That's a pretty obvious no-no. So she sent that out. That gave Hillary a protectual excuse for stopping the depot. But that was a violation of the rules, was it not? So you can say it's protectual, but you're not supposed to do that. So did that affect ultimately what you guys got? It was just a pause.

15:43Ben Meiselas:It was just a pause, fortunately. Honestly, Lauren Beaubart, my friend, apologized for it. It was an unforced error. But it was going to be possibly, as you said, a pretense for Hillary to say, oh, I'm going to leave. And she threatened that. She actually said that. And I went right to Chairman Comer and I said, Jamie, if she leaves, we still have to hold her in contempt. Then what is she a Faberge egg? Yes, it was a violation, but it's a still image. And let's move forward. And Lauren said that she wouldn't do it again. She didn't do it again. And fortunately, we were able to continue on because not only could we fill up your whole hour tonight, but we could teach a three credit college course.

16:14Ben Meiselas:The more digging that you do with this, the more it doesn't make sense that the Clintons weren't really, they're a lot closer to Epstein that they're going to let you believe. Okay, really? So that's what you're going with? Then Fallon finally said, she's a very icy person, Hillary. Very icy. You're playing this clip.

16:36Hillary Clinton:Politics. So take us behind closed doors. What was Hillary's demeanor like? She actually got fluffed up pretty well, looking pretty good there. So how did it go down?

16:45Ben Meiselas:Well, I'd never actually seen Laura. I'd never seen her in person. And she was certainly agitated. She was trying to be a little charming to the Democratic staff. And that even fell flat. She's a very icy person, interestingly enough. But nonetheless, she was trying to distance herself from Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell, obviously, as she just said. She said she never met Epstein. She was just casual with Maxwell. So I asked her a question. Just casual. You've met hundreds of thousands of people. Your daughter gets married in 2010. You have to distill these hundreds of thousands of people down to 250.

17:14Ben Meiselas:There were 500 at the wedding. There's going to be a groom. So 250 Clinton invites. And guess who shows up as an invited guest? Ghislaine Maxwell. And she said, well, she just was a plus one. I said, so that's your testimony on her out. That it's just an odd coincidence that old Maxwell was there. Things that make you go.

17:32Hillary Clinton:Do we know who? Wait, what was she? Was she Epstein's plus one? Forgive me for not knowing that.

17:38Ben Meiselas:No, no. Epstein didn't go. He had been convicted. Didn't show up.

17:42Hillary Clinton:That would be bad.

17:43Ben Meiselas:These MAGA Republicans are a bunch of weirdos. Hillary Clinton handling herself with incredible dignity and grace, answering every question. Now let's do Melania. Now let's depose Donald Trump. Now let's depose Howard Lutnick. Those are the people who should be sitting for depositions. Let me know what you think, everybody. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks for watching.

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