Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., alleged that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reacted angrily during a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, claiming Clinton became “unhinged” when questioned about Jeffrey Epstein.
Speaking to reporters Friday morning, Mace said she posed what she described as pointed questions to Clinton and asserted that the exchange would be reflected in the forthcoming transcript and video.
“I asked her a very pointed question, and you’ll see that in the transcript and the video that comes out, and you’ll see how she responded as well, screaming,” Mace said.
When pressed for clarification, she repeated her description and added, “I hope that President Clinton is less unhinged today than his wife was yesterday. You’ll see it.”
Democratic lawmakers quickly disputed Mace’s characterization. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the ranking Democrat on the Oversight Committee, rejected the account and called for the immediate release of the unedited video.
“I hope that the Republicans release the actual video unedited immediately, because to say that the secretary was screaming, I think, is beyond mischaracterization,” Garcia said. He urged Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., to make the full recording public “right now.”
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Mace maintained her position in a subsequent written statement to media outlets. “Yesterday’s deposition with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be public soon, and you are not going to want to miss it,” she said.
“We asked very pointed questions and got three rounds with her. She was screaming. Unhinged and combative every time we brought up Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Not exactly the reaction you’d expect from someone claiming she ‘barely knew them.’”
She added that former President Bill Clinton was scheduled to testify before the committee the following day. “Today, former President Bill Clinton sits down with the Oversight Committee. We have just as many questions for him, maybe more. Let’s see if he can keep it together better than his wife did,” Mace said.
Clinton’s spokesman, Nick Merrill, pushed back on Mace’s claims. Merrill said, “Was she appalled that Congresswoman Mace wouldn’t let her answer a question about her work as a senator after the murder of 3,000 Americans on 9/11? Absolutely.”
It remains unclear what specific questions Mace posed during her three rounds of questioning. Hillary Clinton reportedly told the committee that she did not recall ever meeting Epstein and described Ghislaine Maxwell as an “acquaintance.”
Her deposition preceded that of former President Bill Clinton, who was scheduled to appear before the committee the following day.
