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道格·班德在2002年至2006年间与吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔有通信往来，并曾出席2003年在爱泼斯坦曼哈顿豪宅举办的晚宴
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前克林顿助手道格·班德因在爱泼斯坦相关文件中被提及数十次，即将面临国会调查人员的质询。
作为两党委员会对已故定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦及其同伙吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔调查的一部分，班德将于周二自愿出席众议院监督委员会的转录证词。麦克斯韦尔因联邦性交易和共谋罪被定罪，目前正在服刑20年。
众议院监督委员会主席、肯塔基州共和党议员詹姆斯·科默邀请班德作证，内容涉及他在克林顿卸任总统后的最初几年担任克林顿高级助手期间与爱泼斯坦和麦克斯韦尔的交往。
根据司法部公布的文件，班德曾出席2003年在爱泼斯坦曼哈顿豪宅举办的晚宴，并在2002年至2006年间与麦克斯韦尔通信。
2001年1月20日，前总统比尔·克林顿与办公厅主任约翰·波德斯塔和助手道格·班德（左）最后一次离开白宫椭圆形办公室，华盛顿特区。（斯蒂芬·贾菲/法新社）
前总统比尔·克林顿在爱泼斯坦调查中接受宣誓作证，或为国会首例
在2006年的一封邮件中，佛罗里达大学校友班德请求使用麦克斯韦尔的私人飞机前往观看NCAA男篮总决赛，为佛罗里达短吻鳄队助威。在司法部公布的其他通信记录中，他称麦克斯韦尔为自己的“恋人”和“社交红娘”，还发送了其他调情信息。
两人曾于2007年在纽约市一家会员制俱乐部的情人节茶话会上一同合影。
班德未被指控任何不当行为，他与二人的交往大多早于爱泼斯坦2008年因招揽未成年人定罪的时间。
这位前克林顿顾问大概率会被大量问及前总统与这位名誉扫地的金融家之间的关联。
班德最初担任克林顿的私人助手，最终成为其核心圈子成员，在克林顿卸任总统后帮助创立了克林顿基金会和克林顿全球倡议。他在2010年代初与克林顿家族公开决裂后断绝了联系。
在2020年接受《名利场》杂志的爆料采访中，班德表示，2002年他与克林顿一同搭乘爱泼斯坦的私人飞机前往非洲旅行期间，逐渐开始厌恶爱泼斯坦，并建议前总统终止与他的往来。
同样在这次采访中，班德称克林顿在2003年前往爱泼斯坦位于加勒比海的私人小岛圣詹姆斯小岛。班德表示，他因反对爱泼斯坦而拒绝随行。
班德的说法与克林顿一贯的声明相悖，克林顿始终称自己从未到访过该岛。克林顿否认存在任何不当行为，并指出相关旅行记录并未显示有此次行程。
班德告诉《名利场》，在他与克林顿家族彻底决裂期间，曾试图阻止麦克斯韦尔参加与克林顿相关的活动。麦克斯韦尔与切尔西克林顿关系密切，曾受邀出席2010年切尔西的婚礼。
2007年2月14日，吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔与道格·班德出席在纽约市核心俱乐部举办的费利克斯·雷伊情人节茶话会，主办方为莉莉·拉菲和苏拉卡·扎鲁克。（帕特里克·麦克马伦/帕特里克·麦克马伦档案馆）
文件披露：杰弗里·爱泼斯坦曾称比尔·克林顿“喜欢”年轻女孩
众议院监督委员会的质询将闭门进行，但预计后续会公布转录记录。
周二的证词此前，比尔和希拉里·克林顿已于3月就他们与爱泼斯坦的交往接受国会调查人员的宣誓作证，当时他们面临民事藐视法庭指控的威胁。议员们曾威胁，如果二人拒绝配合，将以藐视法庭罪将他们移交司法部处理。
一个两党议员小组也已就委员会的调查事项约谈了前司法部长帕姆·邦迪、商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克以及微软联合创始人比尔·盖茨。
科默领导的委员会预计将于7月约谈前高盛律师、奥巴马政府顾问凯瑟琳·鲁姆勒，哈佛法学院荣誉退休教授艾伦·德肖维茨，以及前摩根大通高管、前巴克莱银行首席执行官杰斯·斯泰利。
前国务卿希拉里·克林顿与前总统比尔·克林顿在众议院监督委员会对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的调查中接受宣誓作证。（众议院监督委员会）
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上述三人都与爱泼斯坦私交甚笃，也是近期公布的爱泼斯坦相关文件中出现的知名人物之一，但均未被指控任何不当行为。
Clinton confidant who called Maxwell his ‘lover’ grilled by Congress over Epstein ties
June 30, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News
Doug Band corresponded with Ghislaine Maxwell between 2002 and 2006 and attended a 2003 dinner at Epstein’s Manhattan town house
By Adam Pack, Fox News
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Former Bill Clinton aide Doug Band is set to face a grilling by congressional investigators after his name was referenced dozens of times in the Epstein files.
Band will testify voluntarily before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday in a transcribed interview as part of the bipartisan panel’s probe into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted on federal sex-trafficking and conspiracy charges.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., invited Band to testify about his interactions with Epstein and Maxwell while serving as a top aide to Clinton during the early years of his post-presidency.
Band attended a 2003 dinner at Epstein’s Manhattan town house and corresponded with Maxwell between 2002 and 2006, according to files released by the Justice Department.
Former President Bill Clinton leaves the Oval Office of the White House for the last time with Chief of Staff John Podesta and aide Doug Band, left, in Washington on Jan. 20, 2001.(Stephen Jaffe/AFP)
FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON DEPOSED IN EPSTEIN PROBE IN POTENTIAL FIRST FOR CONGRESS
In a 2006 email, Band, who is a University of Florida alumnus, asked to use Maxwell’s plane to attend the NCAA men’s basketball finals to watch the Florida Gators play. In other correspondence published by the DOJ, he called Maxwell his “lover” and “social matchmaker,” among other flirtatious messages.
The pair were photographed together at a Valentine’s Day tea party at a members-only club in New York City in 2007.
Band has not been charged with any wrongdoing, and his interactions with the couple appeared to largely predate Epstein’s conviction of soliciting a minor in 2008.
The ex-Clinton advisor is likely to be peppered with questions about the former president’s ties to the disgraced financier.
Band, who initially served as Clinton’s personal aide and ultimately became a member of his inner circle, helped establish the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative during Clinton’s post-presidency. He later cut ties with the Clintons during a public falling out in the early 2010s.
In a 2020 tell-all interview with Vanity Fair, Band said he grew to dislike Epstein during a 2002 trip aboard Epstein’s private jet with Clinton to Africa and advised the former president to end his relationship with him.
Also in the interview, Band said Clinton in 2003 traveled to Epstein’s private Caribbean island, Little St. James. Band said he declined to attend over his objections to Epstein.
Band’s account conflicts with Clinton’s repeated assertion that he never visited. Clinton, who has denied any wrongdoing, has pointed to travel logs that do not show such a trip.
Band told Vanity Fair he sought to bar Maxwell from Clinton-related events amid his broader rupture with the Clinton family. Maxwell was notably close to Chelsea Clinton and was invited to her wedding in 2010.
Ghislaine Maxwell and Doug Band attend the Felix Rey Valentine’s Day Tea Party hosted by Lily Rafii and Sulaika Zarrouk at The Core Club in New York City on Feb. 14, 2007.(Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan Archives)
JEFFREY EPSTEIN ALLEGEDLY SAID BILL CLINTON ‘LIKES’ YOUNG GIRLS, DOCUMENTS REVEAL
The House Oversight interview will take place behind closed doors, but a transcript is expected to be published at a later date.
Tuesday’s testimony comes after Bill and Hillary Clinton testified to congressional investigators in March about their interactions with Epstein under the threat of civil contempt charges. Lawmakers threatened to criminally refer the couple to the Justice Department for contempt charges if they refused.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has also interviewed former Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as part of the committee’s probe.
Comer’s panel in July is expected to interview former Goldman Sachs attorney and Obama counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz and former JPMorgan Chase executive and ex-Barclays CEO Jes Staley.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton were deposed by the House Oversight Committee during its probe into Jeffrey Epstein.(House Oversight Committee)
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All three knew Epstein personally and were among the high-profile figures whose names appear in recently released Epstein-related files, though none has been charged with wrongdoing.
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