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====Pardons and commutations ====
====Pardons and commutations ====


Clinton [[Bill Clinton pardon controversy|issued]] 141 pardons and 36 commutations on his last day in office on January 20, 2001.<ref name="The Survivor" /><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010120/aponline135239_000.htm | title=Clinton Pardon's List | agency=[[Associated Press]] | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=January 20, 2001 | access-date=August 30, 2011 | archive-date=January 15, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115053709/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010120/aponline135239_000.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> Controversy surrounded [[Marc Rich]] and allegations that Hillary Clinton's brother, [[Hugh Edwin Rodham|Hugh Rodham]], accepted payments in return for influencing the president's decision-making regarding the pardons.<ref>{{cite news | title=Clinton pardons: Cast of characters | work=BBC News | date=February 22, 2001 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1184118.stm | access-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref> Federal prosecutor [[Mary Jo White]] was appointed to investigate the pardon of Rich. She was later replaced by then-Republican [[James Comey]]. The investigation found no wrongdoing on Clinton's part.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/james-comey-fbi-bill-clinton-233808|title = Comey 'enthusiastic' about Bill Clinton probe in 2001, FBI memo says|newspaper = [[Politico]]}}</ref> Clinton also pardoned four defendants in the [[Whitewater Scandal]], [[Chris Wade (real estate broker)|Chris Wade]], [[Susan McDougal]], [[Stephen Smith (Whitewater)|Stephen Smith]], and [[Robert W. Palmer]], all of whom had ties to Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Clinton Pardons McDougal, Hearst, Others|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122001&page=1|access-date=August 11, 2021|agency=ABC News}}</ref> Former Clinton [[HUD Secretary]] [[Henry Cisneros]], who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, was also among Clinton's pardons.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stout|first=David|date=January 20, 2001|title=Clinton Pardons McDougal, Cisneros|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/20/politics/clinton-pardons-mcdougal-cisneros.html|access-date=August 11, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Clinton [[Bill Clinton pardon controversy|issued]] 141 pardons and 36 commutations on his last day in office on January 20, 2001.<ref name="The Survivor" /><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010120/aponline135239_000.htm | title=Clinton Pardon's List | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=January 20, 2001 | access-date=August 30, 2011 | archive-date=January 15, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115053709/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010120/aponline135239_000.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> Controversy surrounded [[Marc Rich]] and allegations that Hillary Clinton's brother, [[Hugh Edwin Rodham|Hugh Rodham]], accepted payments in return for influencing the president's decision-making regarding the pardons.<ref>{{cite news | title=Clinton pardons: Cast of characters | work=BBC News | date=February 22, 2001 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1184118.stm | access-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref> Federal prosecutor [[Mary Jo White]] was appointed to investigate the pardon of Rich. She was later replaced by then-Republican [[James Comey]]. The investigation found no wrongdoing on Clinton's part.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/james-comey-fbi-bill-clinton-233808|title = Comey 'enthusiastic' about Bill Clinton probe in 2001, FBI memo says|newspaper = [[Politico]]}}</ref> Clinton also pardoned four defendants in the [[Whitewater Scandal]], [[Chris Wade (real estate broker)|Chris Wade]], [[Susan McDougal]], [[Stephen Smith (Whitewater)|Stephen Smith]], and [[Robert W. Palmer]], all of whom had ties to Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Clinton Pardons McDougal, Hearst, Others|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122001&page=1|access-date=August 11, 2021|agency=ABC News}}</ref> Former Clinton [[HUD Secretary]] [[Henry Cisneros]], who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, was also among Clinton's pardons.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stout|first=David|date=January 20, 2001|title=Clinton Pardons McDougal, Cisneros|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/20/politics/clinton-pardons-mcdougal-cisneros.html|access-date=August 11, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


==== Campaign finance controversies ====
==== Campaign finance controversies ====
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In September 2004, Clinton underwent quadruple bypass surgery.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8511817.stm | work=BBC News | title=Bill Clinton 'in good spirits' after heart procedure | date=February 12, 2010 | access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> In March 2005, he again underwent surgery, this time for a partially collapsed lung.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7127096 | title=Clinton surgery called successful | agency=Associated Press | work=NBC News | date=March 10, 2005 | access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> On February 11, 2010, he was rushed to [[Columbia University Irving Medical Center|New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Hospital]] in Manhattan after complaining of chest pains, and he had two [[coronary stent]]s implanted in his heart.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk" /><ref>{{Cite news | first=Mark | last=Egan | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-clinton-idUSTRE61A5L020100211 | title=Bill Clinton in good spirits after heart procedure | work=Reuters | date=February 11, 2010 | access-date=September 11, 2011 | archive-date=July 26, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726194837/http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/11/us-clinton-idUSTRE61A5L020100211 | url-status=live }}</ref> After this procedure, Clinton adopted a plant-based whole foods ([[vegan]]) diet, which had been recommended by doctors [[Dean Ornish]] and [[Caldwell Esselstyn]].<ref name="cnn2011">{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/18/bill.clinton.diet.vegan/index.html | title=From omnivore to vegan: The dietary education of Bill Clinton | first=David S.|last=Martin | date=August 18, 2011 | work=CNN | access-date=September 17, 2012}}</ref> He has since incorporated fish and lean animal flesh at the suggestion of [[Mark Hyman (doctor)|Mark Hyman]], a proponent of the [[pseudoscientific]] ethos of [[functional medicine]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Heasman|first=Chris|date=April 16, 2018|title=This Is What Hillary Clinton Eats|url=https://www.mashed.com/118104/hillary-clinton-eats/|access-date=February 18, 2021|website=[[Mashed.com]]}}</ref> As a result, he is no longer a strict vegan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brodwin|first=Erin|title=What the author of 'Eat Fat, Get Thin' eats — and avoids — every day|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/eat-fat-get-thin-diet-clintons-doctor-2017-5|access-date=February 18, 2021|website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref>
In September 2004, Clinton underwent quadruple bypass surgery.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8511817.stm | work=BBC News | title=Bill Clinton 'in good spirits' after heart procedure | date=February 12, 2010 | access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> In March 2005, he again underwent surgery, this time for a partially collapsed lung.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7127096 | title=Clinton surgery called successful | agency=Associated Press | work=NBC News | date=March 10, 2005 | access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> On February 11, 2010, he was rushed to [[Columbia University Irving Medical Center|New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Hospital]] in Manhattan after complaining of chest pains, and he had two [[coronary stent]]s implanted in his heart.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk" /><ref>{{Cite news | first=Mark | last=Egan | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-clinton-idUSTRE61A5L020100211 | title=Bill Clinton in good spirits after heart procedure | work=Reuters | date=February 11, 2010 | access-date=September 11, 2011 | archive-date=July 26, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726194837/http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/11/us-clinton-idUSTRE61A5L020100211 | url-status=live }}</ref> After this procedure, Clinton adopted a plant-based whole foods ([[vegan]]) diet, which had been recommended by doctors [[Dean Ornish]] and [[Caldwell Esselstyn]].<ref name="cnn2011">{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/18/bill.clinton.diet.vegan/index.html | title=From omnivore to vegan: The dietary education of Bill Clinton | first=David S.|last=Martin | date=August 18, 2011 | work=CNN | access-date=September 17, 2012}}</ref> He has since incorporated fish and lean animal flesh at the suggestion of [[Mark Hyman (doctor)|Mark Hyman]], a proponent of the [[pseudoscientific]] ethos of [[functional medicine]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Heasman|first=Chris|date=April 16, 2018|title=This Is What Hillary Clinton Eats|url=https://www.mashed.com/118104/hillary-clinton-eats/|access-date=February 18, 2021|website=[[Mashed.com]]}}</ref> As a result, he is no longer a strict vegan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brodwin|first=Erin|title=What the author of 'Eat Fat, Get Thin' eats — and avoids — every day|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/eat-fat-get-thin-diet-clintons-doctor-2017-5|access-date=February 18, 2021|website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref>


In October 2021, Clinton was treated for [[sepsis]] at the [[University of California, Irvine Medical Center]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://thehill.com/homenews/news/576882-bill-clinton-hospitalized-with-sepsis/|title = Bill Clinton hospitalized with sepsis|work = [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date = October 14, 2021|access-date = October 14, 2021|last = Choi|first = Joseph}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/bill-clinton-released-hospital-98cfbab9c7cb593a8449d4ca8c916cbf|title = Bill Clinton back home after hospitalization from infection|last = Daley|first = Haven|date= October 17, 2021|access-date = October 19, 2021|work = [[Associated Press]]}}</ref> In December 2022, Clinton tested positive for [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former U.S. President Clinton tests positive for COVID |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bill-clinton-tests-positive-covid-tweet-2022-11-30/ |access-date=December 1, 2022 |work=Reuters |date=November 30, 2022}}</ref>
In October 2021, Clinton was treated for [[sepsis]] at the [[University of California, Irvine Medical Center]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://thehill.com/homenews/news/576882-bill-clinton-hospitalized-with-sepsis/|title = Bill Clinton hospitalized with sepsis|work = [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date = October 14, 2021|access-date = October 14, 2021|last = Choi|first = Joseph}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/bill-clinton-released-hospital-98cfbab9c7cb593a8449d4ca8c916cbf|title = Bill Clinton back home after hospitalization from infection|last = Daley|first = Haven|date= October 17, 2021|access-date = October 19, 2021|work = Associated Press}}</ref> In December 2022, Clinton tested positive for [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former U.S. President Clinton tests positive for COVID |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bill-clinton-tests-positive-covid-tweet-2022-11-30/ |access-date=December 1, 2022 |work=Reuters |date=November 30, 2022}}</ref>


===Wealth===
===Wealth===
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However, later reports showed that Clinton had flown on Epstein's plane 26 times.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 14, 2016 |title=Report: Bill Clinton Flew on Disgraced Donor's Jet 26 Times |url=https://www.rollcall.com/2016/05/13/report-bill-clinton-flew-on-disgraced-donors-jet-26-times/ |access-date=October 20, 2022 |newspaper=Roll Call}}</ref> In another statement Clinton said "one meeting with Epstein in his Harlem office in 2002, and around the same time made one brief visit to Epstein's New York apartment with a staff member and his security detail". In July 2019 it was reported that Clinton attended a dinner with Epstein in 1995, a meeting with Epstein that Clinton had not previously disclosed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melendez |first=Pilar |date=July 11, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton Failed to Mention His Intimate 1995 Dinner With Epstein |website=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-clinton-failed-to-mention-his-intimate-1995-dinner-with-epstein |access-date=October 22, 2022}}</ref>
However, later reports showed that Clinton had flown on Epstein's plane 26 times.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 14, 2016 |title=Report: Bill Clinton Flew on Disgraced Donor's Jet 26 Times |url=https://www.rollcall.com/2016/05/13/report-bill-clinton-flew-on-disgraced-donors-jet-26-times/ |access-date=October 20, 2022 |newspaper=Roll Call}}</ref> In another statement Clinton said "one meeting with Epstein in his Harlem office in 2002, and around the same time made one brief visit to Epstein's New York apartment with a staff member and his security detail". In July 2019 it was reported that Clinton attended a dinner with Epstein in 1995, a meeting with Epstein that Clinton had not previously disclosed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melendez |first=Pilar |date=July 11, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton Failed to Mention His Intimate 1995 Dinner With Epstein |website=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-clinton-failed-to-mention-his-intimate-1995-dinner-with-epstein |access-date=October 22, 2022}}</ref>


Clinton reportedly used Epstein's private jet to visit [[Little St. James Island]], where Epstein resided,<ref name="independent 3">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/prince-andrew-sex-allegations-billionaire-jeffrey-epstein-had-21-phone-numbers-for-bill-clinton-9959491.html|title=Prince Andrew sex allegations: Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein 'had 21|date=January 6, 2015|website=The Independent}}</ref> on multiple occasions between 2002 and 2005.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/who-is-jeffrey-epstein-a-study-of-the-man-linked-to-worlds-of-celebrity-politics-and-royalty-9954397.html|title=Jeffrey Epstein – the billionaire paedophile at the centre of the Prince Andrew sex claim|date=January 2, 2015|website=The Independent}}</ref> [[Virginia Roberts Giuffre|Virginia Roberts]], later known as Virginia Giuffre, says in a lawsuit that while working at [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Mar-a-Lago]] resort<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article233704797.html |title=Huge cache of records details how Jeffrey Epstein and madam lured girls into depraved world |last1=Brown |first1=Julie K. |last2=Blaskey |first2=Sarah |date=August 9, 2019 |website=[[Miami Herald]] |access-date=July 28, 2020 |quote=Virginia Roberts, now Giuffre, says she was 16 and working as a locker room attendant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort when she was approached by [[Ghislaine Maxwell]], Jeffrey Epstein’s associate, about becoming a masseuse for Epstein.}}</ref> she was lured into a [[sex-trafficking]] ring run by Epstein and while traveling with Epstein she saw Clinton on the island.<ref name="politico">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/jeffrey-epstein-trump-lawsuit-sex-trafficking-237983|title=The one weird court case linking Trump, Clinton, and a billionaire pedophile|first=Josh|last=Gerstein|website=POLITICO|date=May 4, 2017 }}</ref> In a 2011 conversation with her lawyers, Roberts stated that Clinton traveled to Epstein's retreat on Little St. James in 2002.<ref name="Buzzfeed"/> According to Roberts, Epstein told her that Clinton "owes me favors" when she asked what he was doing there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/bill-clinton-went-jeffrey-epsteins-island-2-young-girls-virginia-giuffre-says-1521845|title=Bill Clinton Went to Jeffrey Epstein's Island With 2 'Young Girls,' Virginia Giuffre Says|newspaper=Newsweek|date=30 July 2020|first=Daniel|last=Villarreal}}</ref> She also reportedly claimed that Epstein and Clinton had dined in the presence of two girls aged approximately seventeen whom she believed Epstein had invited to have sex with Clinton, but that Clinton showed no interest in them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bill-clinton-didn-t-bait-013258134.html|title=Bill Clinton 'Didn't Take The Bait' Of Two 'Underaged' Girls, Jeffrey Epstein Docs Claim|newspaper=Yahoo! News|date=4 January 2024|first=Afouda|last=Bamidele}}</ref> A [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] request for [[United States Secret Service]] records of visits Clinton may have made to Little St. James produced no such evidence.<ref name="politico"/> According to Epstein's flight logs, Clinton never flew near the U.S. Virgin Islands.<ref name="Buzzfeed">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/clinton-epstein-innuendo|title=Plenty Of Innuendo, But No Hard Evidence Of New Clinton Sex Scandal|website=BuzzFeed News|date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> In July 2019, a Clinton spokesperson issued a statement saying Clinton never visited the island.<ref name="APnews">{{cite news |last=Coto |first= Dánica |url=https://www.apnews.com/cd794044e8be4e619093582d6d3355d2 |title=Whispers, suspicion about Epstein on Caribbean island |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 11, 2019 |access-date=August 13, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813012919/https://www.apnews.com/cd794044e8be4e619093582d6d3355d2 |archive-date=August 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kate|last=Sullivan|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/08/politics/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein/index.html|title=Bill Clinton 'knows nothing' about Epstein's 'terrible crimes,' spokesman says|website=CNN|date=July 8, 2019}}</ref> When he was personally asked by a journalist about his ties with Epstein in a rally in [[Laredo, Texas]] in November 2022, Clinton said "I think the evidence is clear".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mayer |first1=Chloe |title=Video of Bill Clinton Grilled About Jeffrey Epstein Ties Viewed 1M Times |url=https://www.newsweek.com/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-viral-video-1757925 |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=8 November 2022}}</ref> According to former Clinton aide, [[Doug Band]], Clinton visited Epstein's island in January 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Norton |first1=Tom |title=Did Bill Clinton Visit Jeffrey Epstein's Island? What We Know |url=https://www.newsweek.com/did-bill-clinton-visit-jeffrey-epstein-island-what-we-know-1857039 |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=2 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Gabriel |title=Confessions of a Clintonworld Exile |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/12/confessions-of-a-clintonworld-exile |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=2 December 2020}}</ref>
Clinton reportedly used Epstein's private jet to visit [[Little St. James Island]], where Epstein resided,<ref name="independent 3">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/prince-andrew-sex-allegations-billionaire-jeffrey-epstein-had-21-phone-numbers-for-bill-clinton-9959491.html|title=Prince Andrew sex allegations: Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein 'had 21|date=January 6, 2015|website=The Independent}}</ref> on multiple occasions between 2002 and 2005.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/who-is-jeffrey-epstein-a-study-of-the-man-linked-to-worlds-of-celebrity-politics-and-royalty-9954397.html|title=Jeffrey Epstein – the billionaire paedophile at the centre of the Prince Andrew sex claim|date=January 2, 2015|website=The Independent}}</ref> [[Virginia Roberts Giuffre|Virginia Roberts]], later known as Virginia Giuffre, says in a lawsuit that while working at [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Mar-a-Lago]] resort<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article233704797.html |title=Huge cache of records details how Jeffrey Epstein and madam lured girls into depraved world |last1=Brown |first1=Julie K. |last2=Blaskey |first2=Sarah |date=August 9, 2019 |website=[[Miami Herald]] |access-date=July 28, 2020 |quote=Virginia Roberts, now Giuffre, says she was 16 and working as a locker room attendant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort when she was approached by [[Ghislaine Maxwell]], Jeffrey Epstein’s associate, about becoming a masseuse for Epstein.}}</ref> she was lured into a [[sex-trafficking]] ring run by Epstein and while traveling with Epstein she saw Clinton on the island.<ref name="politico">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/jeffrey-epstein-trump-lawsuit-sex-trafficking-237983|title=The one weird court case linking Trump, Clinton, and a billionaire pedophile|first=Josh|last=Gerstein|website=POLITICO|date=May 4, 2017 }}</ref> In a 2011 conversation with her lawyers, Roberts stated that Clinton traveled to Epstein's retreat on Little St. James in 2002.<ref name="Buzzfeed"/> According to Roberts, Epstein told her that Clinton "owes me favors" when she asked what he was doing there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/bill-clinton-went-jeffrey-epsteins-island-2-young-girls-virginia-giuffre-says-1521845|title=Bill Clinton Went to Jeffrey Epstein's Island With 2 'Young Girls,' Virginia Giuffre Says|newspaper=Newsweek|date=30 July 2020|first=Daniel|last=Villarreal}}</ref> She also reportedly claimed that Epstein and Clinton had dined in the presence of two girls aged approximately seventeen whom she believed Epstein had invited to have sex with Clinton, but that Clinton showed no interest in them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bill-clinton-didn-t-bait-013258134.html|title=Bill Clinton 'Didn't Take The Bait' Of Two 'Underaged' Girls, Jeffrey Epstein Docs Claim|newspaper=Yahoo! News|date=4 January 2024|first=Afouda|last=Bamidele}}</ref> A [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] request for [[United States Secret Service]] records of visits Clinton may have made to Little St. James produced no such evidence.<ref name="politico"/> According to Epstein's flight logs, Clinton never flew near the U.S. Virgin Islands.<ref name="Buzzfeed">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/clinton-epstein-innuendo|title=Plenty Of Innuendo, But No Hard Evidence Of New Clinton Sex Scandal|website=BuzzFeed News|date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> In July 2019, a Clinton spokesperson issued a statement saying Clinton never visited the island.<ref name="APnews">{{cite news |last=Coto |first= Dánica |url=https://www.apnews.com/cd794044e8be4e619093582d6d3355d2 |title=Whispers, suspicion about Epstein on Caribbean island |work=Associated Press |date=July 11, 2019 |access-date=August 13, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813012919/https://www.apnews.com/cd794044e8be4e619093582d6d3355d2 |archive-date=August 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kate|last=Sullivan|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/08/politics/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein/index.html|title=Bill Clinton 'knows nothing' about Epstein's 'terrible crimes,' spokesman says|website=CNN|date=July 8, 2019}}</ref> When he was personally asked by a journalist about his ties with Epstein in a rally in [[Laredo, Texas]] in November 2022, Clinton said "I think the evidence is clear".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mayer |first1=Chloe |title=Video of Bill Clinton Grilled About Jeffrey Epstein Ties Viewed 1M Times |url=https://www.newsweek.com/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-viral-video-1757925 |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=8 November 2022}}</ref> According to former Clinton aide, [[Doug Band]], Clinton visited Epstein's island in January 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Norton |first1=Tom |title=Did Bill Clinton Visit Jeffrey Epstein's Island? What We Know |url=https://www.newsweek.com/did-bill-clinton-visit-jeffrey-epstein-island-what-we-know-1857039 |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=2 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Gabriel |title=Confessions of a Clintonworld Exile |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/12/confessions-of-a-clintonworld-exile |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=2 December 2020}}</ref>
In 2024, unsealed court documents revealed allegations that Clinton had visited the offices of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' and 'threatened' the paper not to print stories about Epstein's sexual trafficking. Former ''Vanity Fair'' editor [[Graydon Carter]] denied the incident ever took place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-court-documents-bill-clinton-threatened-magazine-not-to-publish-articles-about-his-good-friend-13042406|title=Jeffrey Epstein court documents: Bill Clinton 'threatened' magazine not to publish articles about his 'good friend'|newspaper=Sky News|date=5 January 2024|first=Connor|last=Sephton}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/01/04/new-epstein-documents-unsealed-bill-clinton-threatened-vanity-fair-over-sex-trafficking-coverage-email-alleges/|title=New Epstein Documents Unsealed: Bill Clinton 'Threatened' Vanity Fair Over Sex Trafficking Coverage, Email Alleges|newspaper=Forbes|date=4 January 2024|author=Antonio Pequeño IV}}</ref>
In 2024, unsealed court documents revealed allegations that Clinton had visited the offices of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' and 'threatened' the paper not to print stories about Epstein's sexual trafficking. Former ''Vanity Fair'' editor [[Graydon Carter]] denied the incident ever took place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-court-documents-bill-clinton-threatened-magazine-not-to-publish-articles-about-his-good-friend-13042406|title=Jeffrey Epstein court documents: Bill Clinton 'threatened' magazine not to publish articles about his 'good friend'|newspaper=Sky News|date=5 January 2024|first=Connor|last=Sephton}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/01/04/new-epstein-documents-unsealed-bill-clinton-threatened-vanity-fair-over-sex-trafficking-coverage-email-alleges/|title=New Epstein Documents Unsealed: Bill Clinton 'Threatened' Vanity Fair Over Sex Trafficking Coverage, Email Alleges|newspaper=Forbes|date=4 January 2024|author=Antonio Pequeño IV}}</ref>


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