So they testified, but as usual their testimony fell on deaf ears. Hillary contantly said, “ask my husband.” And Slick Willie said, I have no idea that girl was. Of course, can we believe him based on his past. “Damn it, if it wasn’t for that dress. Sh!t.”
Bill Clinton says he didn’t know woman in infamous jacuzzi photo during closed-door Epstein testimony
Rep Anna Paulina Luna suggested after the deposition ended that Jeffrey Epstein ran a ‘honeypot operation’
Published February 27, 2026 11:55am EST | Updated
Former President Bill Clinton broke his silence on the now-infamous photo of himself in a hot tub that was among the millions of pages in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Jeffrey Epstein files release.
Clinton was asked about the photo, which appears to show him and a woman whose identity has been redacted, during his closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Friday.
He said in response to questioning that he did not know who the woman was and that he did not have sex with her, multiple people who were granted anonymity to speak freely confirmed to Fox News Digital.
One of the sources said Clinton intimated that the photo depicted a public hotel pool and that no one pushed back or questioned it.
Former President Bill Clinton was pictured in a hot tub in the newly released Epstein files. (Department of Justice)
The deposition concluded after roughly six hours, with Republicans praising the former president for being forthcoming with his answers.
Clinton was in the hot seat for the committee’s bipartisan investigation into the late financier and sex trafficker for what is expected to be an all-day session of questions into his relationship with Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
Republican Oversight Committee member Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., said Clinton had been “quite candid, probably more candid than his attorneys were comfortable with” and lauded the bipartisan approach lawmakers took to the sitdown.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., meanwhile, floated that she believed Epstein was an intelligence asset running an operation targeting both Clintons.
“I do believe, and I’m sure some people on this committee also believe, that Jeffrey Epstein was an intelligence asset and running some form of a honeypot operation,” Luna said. “I do believe that President Clinton, as well as the Secretary, were potentially targets of that operation, and we will leave it at that.”
In his opening statement this morning, Clinton told lawmakers that he had “no idea” of Epstein’s crimes.
“Now, let me say what you’re going to hear from me. First, I had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing. No matter how many photos you show me, I have two things that, at the end of the day, matter more than your interpretation of those 20-year-old photos,” Clinton said, according to his prepared opening remarks.
“I know what I saw and more importantly, what I didn’t see. I know what I did and more importantly, what I didn’t do. I saw nothing and I did nothing wrong.”
Clinton also warned lawmakers, “You’ll often hear me say that I don’t recall,” but said he would not speculate when asked questions.
“That might be unsatisfying, but I’m not going to say something I’m not sure of. This was all a long time ago, and I’m bound by my oath not to speculate or to guess. This is not merely for my benefit, but because it doesn’t help you for me to play detective 24 years later,” Clinton said.
Meanwhile, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., suggested he had an abundance of questions for the former president ahead of the deposition.
Former President Bill Clinton speaks onstage in New York City on Sept. 18, 2023. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Clinton Global Initiative)