2026年2月17日 / 美国东部时间下午1:26 / CBS新闻
华盛顿— 前国务卿希拉里·克林顿指责特朗普政府在处理已故定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦相关文件的发布问题上存在“持续掩盖行为”。
“本届政府对此事的态度让人不得不怀疑他们有所隐瞒，”希拉里·克林顿在周二发布的接受英国广播公司（BBC）采访中表示，“我们没有隐瞒，我们一直愿意说出我们所知道的一切，甚至是在宣誓后也做到了。”
希拉里·克林顿定于2月26日出席众议院监督委员会的闭门作证，作为爱泼斯坦调查的一部分。前总统比尔·克林顿计划次日接受询问，两人均未被指控存在不当行为。
他们的闭门作证是在数月的拉锯之后进行的，委员会曾以未能应传票出庭为由建议对克林顿夫妇处以刑事藐视国会罪。众议院全体议员在就这项藐视决议进行投票前夕，克林顿夫妇同意了委员会的条件。
但克林顿夫妇要求公开作证。众议院监督委员会主席、肯塔基州共和党人詹姆斯·科默表示，在私下作证后可能会考虑公开听证会。
“我们会到场，但我们认为公开作证更好，”希拉里·克林顿告诉BBC。
克林顿夫妇在1月份提交了宣誓声明，描述了他们与爱泼斯坦及其同伙吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦的接触，麦克斯韦因性交易罪名正在服刑。
希拉里·克林顿在BBC采访中重申，她不记得曾见过爱泼斯坦，她丈夫与爱泼斯坦的关联是由于克林顿基金会的慈善工作。比尔·克林顿表示，爱泼斯坦在2002年至2003年间曾提供私人飞机供其、工作人员和特勤局人员用于慈善工作，并且在2019年被捕前已超过十年未与爱泼斯坦联系。
“我们没有任何关联，我丈夫说他曾为慈善工作乘坐过那架飞机，而我不记得见过他，”希拉里·克林顿说。
希拉里·克林顿称她通过克林顿基金会“几次”见过麦克斯韦。
克林顿夫妇对爱泼斯坦和麦克斯韦的了解“非常有限，并且完全与其行为或罪行无关”，希拉里·克林顿表示。
前国务卿指责科默强迫他们作证是为了“保护”同样在爱泼斯坦文件中被提及且否认有不当行为的特朗普总统。她指出，调查中被传票传唤的其他前官员并未被迫作证。
“我们没有什么可隐瞒的，我们多次呼吁全面公开这些文件，”她说，“把文件公开吧。他们在拖延，他们在删改文件中涉及的男性姓名，他们在阻挠国会议员的合法请求，这与我们无关。肯定有什么事在发生，他们知道，我也知道。”
她表示，如果委员会坚持进行私下作证，议员们“不会喜欢我要说的内容”。
“我对他们在隐瞒什么以及在保护谁有非常强烈的看法，”她说，“他们为什么要把我们拖入此事？是为了转移对特朗普总统的注意力。这并不复杂。”
当被问及周日对希拉里·克林顿称他们被用作转移注意力的说法的回应时，特朗普总统告诉记者：“我没有什么可隐瞒的。”
“我与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦没有任何关系，”特朗普表示。
希拉里·克林顿就爱泼斯坦档案处理问题发表声明
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Hillary Clinton alleges Epstein files “cover-up” by Trump administration ahead of House deposition
February 17, 2026 / 1:26 PM EST / CBS News
Washington— Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused the Trump administration of a “continuing cover-up” over its handling of the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“There’s something about this administration’s attitude toward this, which I think really leads us to conclude they have something to hide,” Hillary Clinton told the BBC in an interview released Tuesday. “We don’t. We have been willing to say whatever we know. We’ve even done it under oath.”
Hillary Clinton is set to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 26 for a deposition as part of its Epstein investigation. Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to be deposed the next day. Neither has been accused of wrongdoing.
Their appearances before lawmakers, which will happen behind closed doors, come after a monthslong back-and-forth that led the committee to recommend holding the Clintons in criminal contempt of Congress for failing to appear under subpoena. The full House was on the verge of voting on the contempt resolution, which was expected to pass with bipartisan support, when the Clintons agreed to the committee’s terms to appear.
But the Clintons have pushed for the testimony to occur in public. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, has said that is a possibility after the private depositions.
“We will show up, but we think it would be better to have it in public,” Hillary Clinton told the BBC.
The Clintons submitted sworn declarations in January describing their interactions with Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a prison sentence on sex trafficking charges.
Hillary Clinton reiterated in the BBC interview that she doesn’t remember ever meeting Epstein and that her husband’s association with him was related to the Clinton Foundation’s philanthropic work. Bill Clinton has said Epstein offered his private plane to him, his staff and his Secret Service detail in support of his charity work between 2002 and 2003, and that he had not been in contact with Epstein for more than a decade before his 2019 arrest.
“We have no links. We have a very clear record that we’ve been willing to talk about, which my husband has said he took some rides on the airplane for his charitable work. I don’t recall ever meeting him,” Hillary Clinton said.
Hillary Clinton said she met Maxwell “on a few occasions” through the Clinton Foundation.
The couple’s knowledge of Epstein and Maxwell is “very limited and totally unrelated to their behavior or their crimes,” Hillary Clinton said.
The former secretary of state accused Comer of forcing them to appear for depositions “to protect” President Trump, who is also mentioned in the Epstein files and has denied any wrongdoing. She noted that other former officials subpoenaed in the inquiry have not been forced to testify.
“We have nothing to hide. We have called for the full release of these files repeatedly,” she said. “Get the files out. They are slow-walking it. They are redacting the names of men who are in it. They are stonewalling legitimate requests from members of Congress. That has nothing to do with us. Something is going on. They know it. I know it.”
She said lawmakers won’t “like what I have to say” if the committee follows through with the private deposition.
“I have very strong opinions about what it is they’re hiding and who they are protecting,” she said. “Why do they want to pull us into this? To divert attention from President Trump. This is not complicated.”
Asked Sunday about his response to Hillary Clinton’s allegation that they are being used as a diversion, Mr. Trump told reporters, “I have nothing to hide.”
“I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein,” Mr. Trump said.
Hillary Clinton on Epstein files handling
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