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In a short press conference following the deposition, Hillary Clinton said she wished the proceedings had been public and that she and her attorneys have asked for transcripts and videos to be available as soon as possible.

"It was disappointing that they refused to hold a public hearing so I wouldn't have to be out here characterizing it for you," she told reporters outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in New York where the hearing took place. "You could have seen it for yourself. We had asked for that. We think it would have been better for the committee and its efforts to gather whatever information they are seeking."

Lamenting what she called "repetitive" questioning, Clinton said she would not appear before the committee again, even if the deposition were public.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

we have questioned everyone behind closed doors and confirmed its them not us.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A coworker of mine is soooo excited about Hillary being questioned, he is a big pizza gate fan and somehow this interrogation makes Hillary the actual ringleader of the Epstein files and Trump is somehow cleared of all charges.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Can you please please do us all a favour and go up to your coworker and slap the everloving shit out of them?

heh. Okay, maybe not, but you can lie and tell us you did to make us feel better. :)

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 hour ago

"What did the five fingers say to the face?"

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 51 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

An open and public hearing where we ask her about ties to Epstein so that if she commits purgery it's in full view of all Americans?

Nah. How about a private photo op sesh where we play tiddlywinks and bullshit about UFOs. Great one, Peds. Justice was secured

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 32 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The thing is, the Clintons are old hands at the political game, and both received extensive training on how to avoid foreign intelligence blackmail operations, like the one Epstein was running.

So it's no stretch to say that they both probably dodged that trap, not from any moral standpoint, but because of how fucking obvious it was.

Bill borrowed the plane, but seems to have ditched Epstein.

But the real reason I don't think the two fell for the blackmail operation is Trump. If he had dirt on the Clintons, he would have released it day one.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz -5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

You're right. 👐 You are right. I don't know why I thought she would even step into that room, open hearing or no for any reason other than to just fuck around and stall with her buddies. I'm overall a pretty naive person but regarding that, I was even worse.

About the dirt though, every body seems to think that about whichever person. The whole goal of these parties and activities or whatever is you get wildly powerful and contentious people to all act in each others interest. Because they have the shared secret of game hunting a human being. They won't ever narc on each other because they're basically brothers now

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yup. Republicans are so blatantly obvious about their cover up of pedophile here.

I wonder if we'll ever actually get the transcripts and videos to show how shitty they are.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 hours ago

I'm sure they'll be shown at some point in time when it's no longer relevant but they need to change the discourse again. By then they will have all gotten away with it

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io -1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Damn did I still misspell it? I swear I double checked. This last braincell is trying its hardest

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 14 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Cheer up, detective man. It's perjury.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 hours ago

Thank you 🫶

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 hours ago

Ppppeerrgggjjjyyy fuck

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 9 points 10 hours ago

Uhhh these are always repetitive, at least for the public ones. Most of the politicians asking questions just want to score quick gotchas and sound bites.

I suspect that the private depositions are typically more down to business, but in this case, Republicans want to obstruct the truth rather than expose it, so of course it's going to be a clown show.