In a short press conference following the deposition, Hillary Clinton said she wished the proceedings had been public and that she and her attorneys have asked for transcripts and videos to be available as soon as possible.

“It was disappointing that they refused to hold a public hearing so I wouldn’t have to be out here characterizing it for you,” she told reporters outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in New York where the hearing took place. “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.”

Lamenting what she called “repetitive” questioning, Clinton said she would not appear before the committee again, even if the deposition were public.

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    The thing is, the Clintons are old hands at the political game, and both received extensive training on how to avoid foreign intelligence blackmail operations, like the one Epstein was running.

    So it’s no stretch to say that they both probably dodged that trap, not from any moral standpoint, but because of how fucking obvious it was.

    Bill borrowed the plane, but seems to have ditched Epstein.

    But the real reason I don’t think the two fell for the blackmail operation is Trump. If he had dirt on the Clintons, he would have released it day one.

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      You’re right. 👐 You are right. I don’t know why I thought she would even step into that room, open hearing or no for any reason other than to just fuck around and stall with her buddies. I’m overall a pretty naive person but regarding that, I was even worse