The Jeffrey Epstein scandal continues to make headlines, with the ongoing release of more documents from the Trump administration intensifying criticisms of numerous individuals, including Hillary Clinton and Whoopi Goldberg.
Hillary’s Blame Game
Hillary Clinton’s BBC interview in Berlin this week, during the Munich Security Conference, has drawn criticism for her sharp accusations against President Trump and for other deflections.
The BBC appearance was one of Hillary’s first long-form responses to the resurfacing of the Epstein files. She and former President Bill Clinton had previously provided a written statement to the House Oversight Committee addressing their “limited connections” to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. In that statement, they also expressed regret over any association and called for complete “transparency” in the Epstein investigations.
By the time Hillary sat for the BBC, she had appeared to have shaped her story through layers of public relations messages. The interview allowed her to go on the offensive, where she accused the Trump administration of “slow-walking” the releases and running a “cover-up,” bluntly saying, “Get the files out.”
When addressing her own interactions with the duo, Hillary admitted meeting Maxwell “on a few occasions” but brushed off calls for the Clintons to testify before Congress as a mere distraction, adding, “Look at this shiny object. We’re going to have the Clintons, even Hillary Clinton, who never met the guy.”
However, Bill Clinton’s multiple documented flights aboard Epstein’s private jet, dubbed the “Lolita Express,” – along with Epstein-linked donations to the Clinton Foundation and the couple’s social ties to Maxwell, suggest connections far beyond the “limited” label the Clintons are telling the media.
Instead of directly addressing specific issues, Hillary has blamed Republicans, appearing to overlook Epstein’s lenient treatment that occurred over the years under Democratic-led administrations, including those of her husband and Barack Obama.
Regardless, the Clintons initially refused to testify before Congress despite calls for transparency, but later agreed to do so, pushing for a public session deposition. Still, the committee set a closed-door, filmed, and transcribed format.
Whoopi’s Swift Spin: “Not His Girlfriend”
Whoopi Goldberg also made a public statement this week about her name popping up in the Epstein files.
Goldberg, a longtime Clinton supporter who has hosted Hillary Clinton on “The View “multiple times, saw her name surface in the Epstein files released in January. Unlike the Clintons’ multi-step PR approach, Goldberg jumped at the opportunity to use “The View” as a platform to share her view, so to speak.
On the February 17 episode of the show, Goldberg addressed the 2013 email that mentioned her name. The email allegedly involved a third party asking Epstein whether he would provide his private jet to fly Goldberg to Monaco for a charity event hosted by Julian Lennon’s charity foundation.
Epstein allegedly replied, saying, “No thanks,” declining the request.
Goldberg read the email on air, stressed she had no personal connection to Epstein – adding “I wasn’t his girlfriend” and “wasn’t his friend” – and claimed that she was now “getting dragged” online.
