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Bill Clinton is a former President of the United States.

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"I will not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court by a Republican Party running scared."
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"I had no idea of the crimes Jeffrey Epstein was committing and insisted I did nothing wrong in my relationship with the disgraced financier."
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"I had no idea of the crimes [Epstein] was committing."
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"If I had any 'inkling' of Epstein’s wrongdoing, I would have turned him in myself."
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"I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong."
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"We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long."
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"I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong."
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"We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long."
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"I did not know who she is, a source told the BBC."
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"I would have turned him in myself."
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"Traveling on Epstein’s plane was not worth the years of questioning afterward."
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"Traveling on Epstein’s plane was not worth the years of questioning afterward."
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"I wish I had never met him."
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"As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing—I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes."
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"I had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing."
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"I saw nothing and did nothing wrong."
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"I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes."
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"Now, let me say what you're going to hear from me. First, I had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing."
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"That's for you to decide. But he did know him well."
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"Jackson made me a better president because he was always pushing on things."
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"He knew change came from the inside out."
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