A former aide to Bill Clinton is testifying before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday in the committee’s ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring.
Doug Band started as an unpaid intern in the Clinton White House before working his way up to a job as the president’s assistant and post-presidency “counselor,” a role in which he helped launch the Clinton Foundation and created the Clinton Global Initiative conference,according to a 2020 profile in Vanity Fair.
But Band and the Clintons had a falling out, and at the time of the Vanity Fair story, he told the publication he had not been around them in five years.
Committee Chairman James Comey, R-Ky.,wrote to Bandin March to originally request his testimony. Band communicated with Epstein’s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, dozens of times over email, which included some flirtatious messages, according to the files released by the Justice Department. Earlier this year, Bandtold The New York Timeshe never had a physical relationship with Maxwell and called her “a monster.”
Bill andHillary Clintontestified before the committee earlier this year, andboth denied knowledgeof Epstein’s crimes.
Bill Clinton is one of several prominent men who appears in the Epstein files, including in photos alongside Epstein, Maxwell and several women whose faces were redacted. Flight logs indicate that Clinton and Epstein took various international trips together throughout 2002, the year after he left the White House. He also contributed to Epstein’s “birthday book,”compiled by Maxwellthe following year.
Clinton has not been accused of wrongdoing and has said he cut ties with Epstein prior to his indictment and eventual conviction on state charges in Florida for soliciting prostitution and soliciting prostitution with a minor.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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