Hillary Clinton's name appears for the first time in court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, with a newly released installment demanding “all communications” from her and 12 others.
The former secretary of state's surprise appearance on the Epstein stage – her husband has been mentioned numerous times and was known to have been involved with the late pedophile financier for several years – came as lawyers questioned whether the Clinton Foundation was funding Maxwell.
Maxwell, the only person convicted for her role in Epstein's sex trafficking network, refused to respond.
Hillary Clinton was not known to be close to Maxwell or Epstein, nor was she ever pictured with either of them.
Her name appears in a 2016 document filed by Maxwell's lawyers that refers to Virginia Roberts-Giuffre – an Epstein victim who sued Maxwell for defamation in 2016.
According to Newsweek, Hillary Clinton's name is mentioned in a single line in reference to Roberts-Giuffre's request for “all communications with thirteen specific witnesses.”
Bill and Hillary Clinton are pictured together in New York City in June 2023
Clinton is seen with Jeffrey Epstein at the White House in 1993 at an event for donors to the White House Historical Association. Epstein attended the event after donating $10,000 to the fund. Ghislaine Maxwell is pictured next to Epstein
It does not appear anywhere else in the documents published up to Friday.
Another document shows Roberts-Giuffre trying to assess Maxwell's worth as part of the defamation case.
Roberts-Giuffre's legal team accuses Maxwell, the daughter of a Czech-British newspaper tycoon, of refusing to hand over her financial records and suggesting she wanted to hide the source of her wealth.
“For example, defendant refused to comply with a discovery request requesting information about her connection to the Clinton Foundation, claiming that such a request was “obviously intended to harass and embarrass her,” the filings state Court documents.
'Nothing could be further from the truth.'
Roberts-Giuffre's lawyers say Maxwell wants to claim she lied about meeting Bill Clinton.
They suggest that Maxwell may be trying to protect Bill Clinton since his foundation supports Maxwell financially.
“It is the defendant who intends to argue in court that Ms. Giuffre made inaccurate statements about various interactions with former President Bill Clinton,” Roberts-Giuffre's legal team said.
“Of course, if the defendant (or one of her organizations) receives funds from the Clinton Foundation, that would be a clear motive for her to distort her testimony on this issue.”
'MS. Giuffre is authorized to investigate this clear possibility of bias by obtaining information about the financial ties between the defendant and the Clinton Foundation.
There was never any evidence that the Clinton Foundation funded Maxwell or other private individuals.
Neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton are accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Maxwell and Epstein.
Bill Clinton traveled on Epstein's private jet four times and said the flights were related to his work for the Clinton Foundation.
The former president, now 77, has long insisted that his ties to Epstein were professional.
He insisted in 2019 that he was always accompanied by an entourage of associates and Secret Service agents during his four trips on Epstein's private jet in 2002 and 2003.
But court documents from June 2016 – part of a defamation lawsuit filed against Maxwell by one of Epstein's victims, Virginia Roberts – paint a different picture, showing that the two were close personal friends and Epstein accuses Clinton of abusing her “may she be young”.
In her filing, Roberts asks for the judge's permission to compel more people to testify under oath to bolster her case.
Bill Clinton greets Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein at the White House in 1993
Virginia Roberts, who was recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell in 2000 when she was 17 and working at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club
Roberts argued in her June 2016 motion that Clinton should be forced to sit for a deposition
Roberts argues — using her married name, Virginia Giuffre — that Bill Clinton was close to both Maxwell and Epstein, who died in prison in August 2019 while awaiting trial.
“In an interview in 2011, Ms. Giuffre mentioned former President Bill Clinton’s close personal relationship with the defendant and Jeffrey Epstein,” the court document states.
“While Ms. Giuffre made no allegations of illegal actions by Bill Clinton, Ms. Maxwell in her testimony characterized Ms. Giuffre's comments about President Clinton as one of the 'obvious lies' that she referred to in her public statement that formed the basis.” of this suit.
“In addition to the defendant and Mr. Epstein, former President Clinton is a key person who can provide information about his close relationship with the defendant and Mr. Epstein and reject Ms. Maxwell's allegations.”
Clinton is mentioned 50 times in the first tranche of documents released Wednesday – nearly 950 pages of evidence.
Another woman who claimed she was sexually abused by Epstein, Johanna Sjoberg, said in her deposition that Epstein told her, “Clinton likes them young when it comes to girls.”
It's unclear how Clinton and Epstein met, but Roberts wasn't the only one to claim the pair were close.
Bill Clinton is pictured with Jeffrey Epstein in an undated photo
On Wednesday, hours before the court documents were unsealed, Jeffrey Epstein's brother Mark, a New York-based real estate developer, said his brother had claimed to have information about Donald Trump and Bill Clinton so explosive that it could tip the 2016 presidential election would bring failure.
Mark Epstein, 18 months younger than Jeffrey, said his brother never gave details.
Mark, 69, told the New York Post: “Here's a direct quote: 'If I said what I know about both candidates, they would have to cancel the election.' That's what Jeffrey told me in 2016.”
Hillary Clinton was not known to have spent time with Jeffrey Epstein, but her husband had been friends with her since at least 1993.
Epstein and Maxwell were pictured welcoming Bill Clinton to the White House in 1993 at an event for donors to the White House Historical Association. Epstein attended the event after donating $10,000 to the fund.
The pedophile financier made at least 17 visits to the White House, presidential logs show, and Bill Clinton also flew on Epstein's private jet and took trips to Europe, Asia and Africa in 2002 and 2003.
Mark Epstein said flying with Bill Clinton was a crucial mistake by his brother because it suddenly brought his activities into the spotlight.
“Jeff took Clinton first, and I think it was Chris Tucker and some other people to Africa – which was a mistake my brother made because he was under the radar before; no one looked at him.
“But when he flew Clinton there, I asked myself, 'Who is this guy flying Clinton?'”
Bill Clinton spokesman Angel Urena said in July 2019, when Jeffrey Epstein was arrested, that he “knows nothing about the terrible crimes” Epstein was accused of and that Clinton had not spoken to Epstein “for more than a decade.”
There is no evidence that Clinton ever visited Epstein's Caribbean island of Little St. James.