What was supposed to be a routine deposition quickly turned explosive when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared before the House Oversight Committee to answer questions about her alleged connections to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
According to members of Congress in the room, the closed-door session was anything but calm.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) emerged from the deposition and did not hold back. In a post-hearing press conference, Mace claimed Clinton became “unhinged” under questioning — even going so far as to scream when pressed on specifics.
“I asked her very pointed questions,” Mace said. “You’ll see that in the transcript and the video that comes out. And you’ll see how she responded as well — screaming.”
When Fox reporter Chad Pergram asked for clarification — was she literally screaming? — Mace doubled down.
“She was unhinged,” the congresswoman replied. “And I hope that President Clinton is less unhinged today than his wife was yesterday.”
The fireworks reportedly erupted after Clinton delivered an opening statement denying any knowledge of Epstein’s criminal enterprise. “I had no idea about their criminal activities,” she insisted, adding that she did not recall ever encountering Epstein and had never flown on his plane or visited his island.
Clinton went further, accusing Republicans of using the hearing to distract from President Donald Trump. She argued that if lawmakers were serious about investigating Epstein’s trafficking operation, they would call Trump to testify under oath.
It was a familiar strategy: deflect and accuse.
But according to Republicans present, the tone shifted dramatically when questioning began. Lawmakers reportedly pressed Clinton on inconsistencies, travel logs, and associations with Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving time for her role in the trafficking ring.
Afterward, Clinton told reporters she answered “every one of their questions as fully as I could” and maintained she “never met Jeffrey Epstein” and only knew Maxwell “casually.”
Former President Bill Clinton, who also addressed the matter publicly, said he was cooperating because Epstein’s victims “deserve not only justice, but healing.” He, too, claimed ignorance of Epstein’s crimes.
That assertion has raised eyebrows given Epstein’s prior conviction and years of reporting detailing his activities among elite social circles.
For Republicans on the Oversight Committee, the deposition marks another step in peeling back the layers of a scandal that has long fueled public distrust in powerful institutions. Epstein’s network included billionaires, academics, celebrities, and political heavyweights. The question many Americans continue to ask: who knew what — and when?
If Mace’s account is accurate, the release of transcripts and video could provide a revealing glimpse into how one of the most prominent political figures of the past three decades handled intense scrutiny behind closed doors.
For now, one thing is certain: the Epstein saga isn’t going away. And neither, it seems, are the questions surrounding those who once moved in his orbit.
