Comer: Clinton put distance between Trump and Epstein

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Friday said that former President Bill Clinton indicated that President Donald Trump had never said anything to suggest a connection to Jeffrey Epstein.

Clinton is currently testifying before the Oversight panel as part of a probe into Epstein's associates. He has denied wrongdoing and stated that, had he known of Epstein's operations, he would have turned him in personally.

Speaking to reporters, Comer said that a Democratic representative asked Clinton if Trump should testify the panel, to which he responded "that's for you to decide" and that "the president has never said anything to me to make me think he was involved."

Comer indicated that he relayed the exchange to the public due to "curiosity" about President Trump. 

The Oversight Panel's investigation has ramped up in recent weeks, since the release of the Epstein files. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., for her part, opined that Epstein was likely running a "honeypot" operation to gather intelligence, without identifying for whom he may have done so. 

Luna further asserted that she was convinced several women had aided Epstein in trafficking young women and named them to reporters outside the deposition earlier in the day.

Her opinion appears at odds with an FBI memo from last year that indicated the FBI found no evidence of a client list or that Epstein was involved in blackmail, though technically, those findings may not be contradictory were he merely gathering intelligence.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.