"Instead, you have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump's actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers," Clinton said, according to her opening statement to the Oversight panel, which she posted on X.

"This institutional failure is designed to protect one political party and one public official, rather than to seek truth and justice for the victims and survivors, as well as the public who also want to get to the bottom of this matter," Clinton continued.

"My heart breaks for the survivors. And I am furious on their behalf."

These slime ball Republicans are using the Survivors plight to tickle their Base's G spot.

Totally pathetic and outrageous... and done behind closed doors so they can spin whatever she says before the Public gets to see it.

It's like, "Benghazi!" all over again:

"Hillary Clinton put the controversy over terrorist attacks in Benghazi firmly behind her on Thursday after eleven hours of frequently meandering questions from conservative critics failed to dent the former secretary of state's campaign for president.

In what may prove a defining moment in the 2016 race for the White House and a disappointment for her presidential rivals, Clinton shrugged off an intense focus on her private email use and an informal adviser at a long-awaited but ultimately deflated hearing before US lawmakers."

"Hillary Clinton calls for Trump to testify at US House Epstein hearing

The former secretary of state accused the Republican-led panel of seeking to protect political allies in probe."

In her statement, Clinton said that, if the House panel were committed to a fair investigation, "it would ask [Trump] directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he shows up in the Epstein files".

She also made a reference to an email exchange between Epstein and billionaire Elon Musk, released in a trove of documents by the Department of Justice.

If the panel were "serious", she wrote, "it would subpoena anyone who asked on which night there would be the wildest party' on Epstein Island".

- Boebert took an unauthorized photo of Clinton and sent it to Benny Johnson, who promptly disseminated it after adding his watermark.
from #6

Reporting is that Hil told the Committee they should just invite the Press into the Hearing NOW, since the pic was being distributed to Rwing Media, which it was.

They refused, of course. Now her people are demanding that the Transcript be released within 24 hrs.