Former President Bill Clinton has denied ever traveling to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island and claims to have had only two encounters with the convicted pedophile.
In his new book Citizen, due out next week, Clinton, now 78, described his interactions with the convicted pedophile.
The excerpts, first reported by The American sunShow him admitting to flying on Espstein’s private jet, the Lolita Express, in 2002 and 2003.
Clinton claims in his memoir that Epstein, who died in 2019, offered the plane in support of Clinton’s foundation and that they talked about economics and politics.
He also roundly rejected allegations that he ever visited Little Saint James, a private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands owned by Epstein.
Clinton also said the two had only brief meetings, one in his office in Harlem and one at Epstein’s home in New York.
The former president wrote: “I always thought Epstein was strange, but had no idea of the crimes he committed.
“He hurt a lot of people, but I didn’t know about it, and by the time he was first arrested in 2005, I had stopped contacting him. I’ve never visited his island.’
In his new book Citizen, due out next week, Clinton, now 78, described his interactions with the convicted pedophile.
Clinton claims in his memoir that Epstein, seen here with associate Ghislaine Maxwell, had offered the plane in support of his foundation
Clinton explained that travel aboard Epstein’s plane was not worth the years of speculation and questioning that came with it.
He wrote: “The bottom line is that even though I was able to visit my foundation’s work, traveling on Epstein’s plane was not worth the years of doubt afterwards. I wish I’d never met him.’
In January this year, court documents claimed that Clinton “thought she was young.”
Details about the testimony of Johanna Sjoberg, who was recruited to work as a massage therapist at the age of 20, were released after a verdict was handed down.
Sjoberg told lawyers in 2016 that Epstein told her, “Clinton likes them young, referring to girls.”
Clinton has long faced questions about his Epstein associate, who committed suicide while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking of minors.
He invited him to the White House, with the financier visiting at least 17 times between 1993 and 1995, according to logs obtained by DailyMail.com.
Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell was invited to Chelsea Clinton’s wedding in July 2010.
Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June 2022 for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse minors.