Hillary Clinton accuses Trump's justice department of Epstein files 'cover-up' [View all]

Source: The Guardian

Tue 17 Feb 2026 12.18 EST
Last modified on Tue 17 Feb 2026 12.34 EST


Hillary Clinton has accused the Trump administration of a “cover-up” over the Epstein files, while claiming that she and her husband are being forced to testify before Congress to deflect scrutiny from Donald Trump.

In an interview with the BBC, Clinton said the US Department of Justice was “slow-walking” the release of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s catalogue of crimes and urged the administration to “get the files out”. Despite periodic document dumps of the files since Congress mandated their release late last year, the justice department is still withholding about 3m files.

Clinton’s comments, at the Munich security conference, came as she and her husband, Bill Clinton, the former president, prepare to give sworn depositions on the affair before the House oversight committee. Hillary Clinton is scheduled to testify on 26 February, while Bill will appear the day after. It will be the first appearance by a former president in front of a congressional panel in more than 40 years.

Clinton, the former secretary of state, said she and her husband were being treated unfairly compared with other witnesses and were being singled out. “I think everybody should testify who was asked to testify,” she said in response to whether she thought Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, should appear. “I just want it to be fair. I want everybody treated the same way. That’s not true for my husband and me, because [when] other witnesses were asked to testify, they gave written statements under oath.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/hillary-clinton-trump-epstein-files-cover-up