2026-06-30T16:53:08.924Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：安妮·格雷尔
发布于 2026年6月30日 美国东部时间下午12:53
比尔·克林顿的长期助手改口，否认此前称这位前总统曾造访杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的私人岛屿，据两名了解国会山闭门证词的消息人士透露。
前克林顿助手道格·班德是众议院监督委员会针对爱泼斯坦关联人员及既往调查处理情况的全面调查中，第17位闭门作证的人士。该委员会在克林顿于2月作证后，要求班德出庭作证。这位前总统当时对议员们表示，班德曾为他工作多年，且这名助手认识爱泼斯坦和已故性犯罪者的同伙吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔。
2020年，班德曾告诉《名利场》杂志，克林顿于2003年造访了爱泼斯坦的私人岛屿。但今年2月，克林顿作证称自己从未去过爱泼斯坦的岛屿；而据消息人士透露，周二班德在接受委员会问询时，也修正了自己此前的说法。
其中一名消息人士告诉CNN，班德称自己没有证据证明克林顿去过爱泼斯坦的岛屿，也不记得自己当初为何会告诉《名利场》杂志此事。
CNN已联系班德的律师置评，同时也联系了克林顿的发言人。
在此次作证前，众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默对记者表示，班德此前对《名利场》的言论“显然会成为一个质询点”。
“我们知道班德曾安排克林顿与爱泼斯坦的数次会面，也知道班德曾陪同克林顿乘坐爱泼斯坦的私人飞机多次出行，”科默说道，“我们还知道班德与麦克斯韦尔有过大量沟通。因此这将成为我们质询的多个议题之一。”
美国司法部今年早些时候公布的爱泼斯坦案文件，进一步揭示了这位前总统的高级助手班德与麦克斯韦尔的沟通情况。
在这批文件中公布的一封邮件里，班德似乎告诉麦克斯韦尔，他与克林顿共用一个电子邮箱账号。
但在克林顿向委员会提供的证词中，这位前总统回忆起自己一生只发送过两封邮件，并补充称自己并未使用班德提到的那个邮箱账号。克林顿表示，他认为班德“是觉得如果能有一个首字母为WJC的邮箱账号，能提升自己的身价”——WJC是他姓名的首字母缩写。
在爱泼斯坦案文件中公布的部分信息里，收件人或发件人行中显示有“WJC”的首字母，而完整的电子邮箱地址通常已被隐去。
在另一组往来信息中，麦克斯韦尔似乎向一个隐去完整地址、关联WJC首字母的电子邮箱发送了一条消息，部分内容写道：“我没忍住——我透露了一个劲爆的小八卦：你是个床上猛男，我迷恋你，还有你的尺寸像马一样。”
克林顿对议员们表示，他认为这条消息是发给班德的，且自己直到准备作证时才得知此事。
“有一段时间，我并不了解也没必要知道他们（班德与麦克斯韦尔）有私人关系，”克林顿在谈及班德和麦克斯韦尔时说道。
CNN审查的麦克斯韦尔与标注WJC的电子邮箱之间的大部分沟通内容，均涉及出行和用餐安排，有时还会直接向这位前总统发出临时邀请。目前尚不清楚这些沟通是与克林顿基金会的公务相关，还是与克林顿或其团队的私人事务有关。
克林顿此前否认了解爱泼斯坦的犯罪行为，称两人只是“泛泛之交”。
Longtime Clinton aide walks back claim former president visited Epstein island, sources say
2026-06-30T16:53:08.924Z / CNN
By Annie Grayer
PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2026, 12:53 PM ET
Doug Band, center, a former aide to Bill Clinton, arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Doug Band, center, a former aide to Bill Clinton, arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026.
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A longtime aide to Bill Clinton walked back a prior claim that the former president visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island, according to two sources familiar with closed-door testimony on Capitol Hill.
Doug Band, the former Clinton aide, is the 17th person to testify behind closed doors as part of the House Oversight Committee’s sprawling probe into Epstein’s orbit and how previous investigations were handled. The panel sought Band’s testimony after Clinton testified before the committee in February. The former president told lawmakers at the time that Band worked for him for years and that the aide knew both Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, the late sex offender’s accomplice.
In 2020, Band told Vanity Fair that Clinton visited Epstein’s private island in 2003. In February, however, Clinton testified that he was never on Epstein’s island — and on Tuesday, Band amended his previous assertion during his own interview with the panel, the sources said.
Band stated he had no evidence that Clinton went to Epstein’s island, and he doesn’t remember why he told Vanity Fair that he did, one of the sources told CNN.
CNN has reached out to a lawyer for Band for comment. CNN has also reached out to a Clinton spokesperson.
Ahead of the interview, House Oversight Chair James Comer told reporters that Band’s comments to Vanity Fair would “obviously be a question.”
“We know that Mr. Band set up several meetings between Clinton and Epstein. We know Mr. Band accompanied Mr. Clinton on several flights on Epstein’s jet,” Comer said. “We know that Mr. Band had a lot of communication with Ms. Maxwell. So that’ll be a topic of several questions.”
The Justice Department’s release earlier this year of Epstein case files offered fresh insight into how Band, a top aide to the former president, communicated with Maxwell.
In one email released as part of the files, Band appears to tell Maxwell that he shared an email account with Clinton.
But in Clinton’s deposition with the panel, the former president could recall only ever sending two emails in his life and added that he didn’t send emails on the account mentioned by Band. Clinton said he thought Band “thought it would increase his cache if he had an email with WJC on it,” referring to his initials.
In some messages released as part of the Epstein files, the initials “WJC” are shown in the recipient or sender line while the full email address is often redacted.
In another exchange, Maxwell appears to send a message to a redacted email address, which has the initials WJC associated with it, and says, in part, “I could not help myself – there was one juicy little tit bit I did let out – the one about what a supper stud you are and how I have a crush on you and how you are hung like a horse.”
Clinton told lawmakers that he believed that message was sent to Band and added that he only learned about it while preparing for his testimony.
“I did not know nor did I need to know that they had a personal relationship for a while,” Clinton said of Band and Maxwell.
Much of the communications between Maxwell and the WJC email address reviewed by CNN pertain to travel and dining logistics, and sometimes last-minute invites to the former president himself. It’s unclear whether the communications were related to the business of the foundation or personal dealings of Clinton or his staff.
Clinton has denied having any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes during what he said was the pair’s “brief acquaintance.”
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