{"id":67816,"date":"2026-03-02T17:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/watch-bill-clinton-grilled-on-shirtless-hot-tub-photo-amid-swirling-questions-on-epstein-relationship\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T17:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:57:25","slug":"watch-bill-clinton-grilled-on-shirtless-hot-tub-photo-amid-swirling-questions-on-epstein-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/watch-bill-clinton-grilled-on-shirtless-hot-tub-photo-amid-swirling-questions-on-epstein-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Bill Clinton grilled on shirtless hot tub photo amid swirling questions on Epstein relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/bill-clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Clinton<\/a> told lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee that recently uncovered images of him in a pool with Ghislaine Maxwell, an accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, and the infamous hot tub photo were taken at a hotel in Brunei and are not linked to any sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No,&#8221; Clinton answered flatly when asked if he had sexual relations with the female in the hot tub photo, whose identity has been redacted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a> (DOJ).<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ is required by law to release any documents or images related to Epstein, but to censor information that could identify Epstein\u2019s victims.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton said his stay at the hotel came about as an invitation from the kingdom\u2019s sultan \u2014 someone Clinton said he had met during his presidency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hillary-clinton-comes-out-swinging-after-gop-grilled-her-during-marathon-epstein-deposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HILLARY CLINTON COMES OUT SWINGING AFTER GOP GRILLED HER DURING MARATHON EPSTEIN DEPOSITION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a tiny place but a very wealthy one, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/the-clintons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the sultan<\/a> was a man I had gotten to know well in my eight years as president and his involvement with the Asia-Pacific leaders conference, which I started and which he attended,&#8221; Clinton said.<\/p>\n<p>Brunei is a kingdom located on an island near Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When he knew I was coming, he invited me to stay there. And he said, \u2018I want you to stay at this hotel, and I hope that you\u2019ll use the pool.\u2019 So, I did, and then I got out and went to bed, exhausted,&#8221; Clinton recalled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bill-clinton-comes-out-swinging-against-comer-rejecting-public-epstein-hearing-stop-playing-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BILL CLINTON COMES OUT SWINGING AGAINST COMER FOR REJECTING PUBLIC EPSTEIN HEARING: &#8216;STOP PLAYING GAMES&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Clinton said that he remembered that both Epstein and Maxwell had joined him at the resort, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/hearings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told lawmakers he couldn\u2019t remember<\/a> who else was there.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton didn\u2019t explain why Epstein and Maxwell had accompanied him on the trip.<\/p>\n<p>He answered that and said that, to the best of his recollection, no one at the pool had been a minor. He went on to admit that he thought that everybody there was part of their party and that he believes there was a Secret Service agent there too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hillary-clinton-tells-house-i-do-not-recall-ever-encountering-jeffrey-epstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HILLARY CLINTON TELLS HOUSE &#8216;I DO NOT RECALL EVER ENCOUNTERING&#8217; JEFFREY EPSTEIN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clinton appeared before lawmakers as a part of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-president-bill-clinton-deposed-epstein-probe-potential-first-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing probe into Epstein<\/a> and his crimes. Epstein, who rubbed shoulders with rich and powerful figures, died in prison in 2019 while charged with sex trafficking minors.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being pictured together with Epstein in several images released by the DOJ, Clinton has denied knowledge of Epstein\u2019s crimes or having been party to them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t think there was anyone else in that hot tub. I had forgotten there was anyone in the hot tub,&#8221; Clinton said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t think I ever knew the photo was taken.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Bill Clinton told lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee that recently uncovered images of him in a pool with Ghislaine Maxwell, an accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, and the infamous hot tub photo were taken at a hotel in Brunei and are not linked to any sexual misconduct. &#8220;No,&#8221; Clinton answered flatly when asked &#8230; <a title=\"WATCH: Bill Clinton grilled on shirtless hot tub photo amid swirling questions on Epstein relationship\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/watch-bill-clinton-grilled-on-shirtless-hot-tub-photo-amid-swirling-questions-on-epstein-relationship\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about WATCH: Bill Clinton grilled on shirtless hot tub photo amid swirling questions on Epstein relationship\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}