Former President Bill Clinton was alleged to prefer young girls and to have a close personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in documents released Wednesday related to the lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre against former Epstein lover and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
In one document, the deposition of Epstein accuser Johanna Sjoberg, revealed that Sjoberg alleged Epstein had said the former president likes younger girls.
During questioning by Sigrid McCawley, the lawyer for Virginia Giuffre, Sjoberg was asked if she knew if Clinton was a friend of Epstein.
“I knew he had dealings with Bill Clinton,” she said. “I did not know they were friend until I read the Vanity Fair article about them going to Africa together.”
“Did Jeffrey ever talk to you about Bill Clinton?” McCawley asked.
“He said one time that Clinton likes them young, referring to girls,” Sjoberg said.
The former president has not been accused of anything improper related to Epstein.
In another document, a motion by Virginia Giuffre to depose further witnesses, Giuffre justifies calling Clinton because of what is described as his “close personal relationship” with Epstein.
Clinton spokesperson Angel Urena said Clinton and Epstein did not have a close personal relationship.
He pointed to his 2019 statement regarding Epstein, saying that Clinton last had contact with Epstein 20 years ago.
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— Angel Ureña (@angelurena) July 8, 2019
Last month, a New York federal judge ordered that dozens of documents with the names of people linked to Epstein be unsealed.
Clinton was one of dozens of John Does whose names were unsealed under the court order.
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