Epstein maintained deep ties to Clintons as Hillary entered 2008 presidential race: Report

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell maintained connections with the Clintons and their senior aides well after the 2008 presidential election, raising questions about the Clintons’ claim that their friendship ended in 2005, a recent report says.

Epstein’s association with Bill Clinton first became public in 2002, when Epstein hosted the former president on his private Boeing 727 during a tour of Africa, Drop Site news reported on Saturday.

Clinton has acknowledged taking these flights but has claimed he was unaware of Epstein’s criminal activities and that he ended contact in 2005.

However, recently surfaced emails suggest that Epstein and Maxwell continued interacting with Clinton Foundation staff and senior aides until at least 2008, the report reveals.

Maxwell, convicted in 2021 for sex trafficking-related offenses connected to Epstein’s operations, emerges in the correspondence as a central intermediary.

Messages from 2005 to 2007 show Maxwell coordinating meetings with Clinton-linked figures, arranging favors on Epstein’s behalf, and maintaining a social presence near the former president during overseas trips.

One email details Maxwell arranging the purchase of a $35,000 Audemars Piguet watch for Doug Band, a senior Clinton aide involved in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).

Epstein instructed Maxwell to ensure the gift was delivered for Christmas 2005 and presented as coming from both of them.

Other messages indicate Epstein encouraged Maxwell to offer Band free private jet travel through “Air Ghislaine, Inc.”

Maxwell’s influence extended to recommendations as well; she was asked to provide endorsements for Clinton-linked internships, with one requester noting her support would “speak loudly.”

The emails also place Maxwell in close proximity to Bill Clinton during an international travel in late 2006.

On November 30, 2006, she wrote to Epstein that she had “met up with [Bill] Clinton” in Mumbai alongside longtime Clinton associates.

The next day, she referenced visiting a “tsunami village.” Public records confirm Clinton visited Thazhanguda village in Tamil Nadu on December 1, 2006, for the Clinton Foundation and United Nations-related activities.

Financial connections persisted as well. Epstein donated $25,000 to the Clinton Foundation in 2006, and foundation staff reached out to Epstein’s legal team that year to arrange meetings related to students he supported.

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In a May 26, 2007 email, four months before Epstein entered a controversial plea deal in Florida, he warned Maxwell that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign would bring renewed scrutiny of her “friends.”

As Hillary Clinton prepared her first run for the White House, Epstein privately worried that renewed attention on the Clintons could expose his ties to their political and philanthropic network.

He advised Maxwell that she was “better off” avoiding public association, signaling concern that political exposure could bring unwanted attention.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) subpoenaed Bill and Hillary Clinton in August 2025 as part of the panel’s investigation into Epstein, seeking testimony and documents related to Epstein and Maxwell.

The subpoenas initially scheduled depositions for October 2025. When the Clintons did not appear, Comer threatened contempt proceedings and later offered new deposition dates in January 2026, January 13 for Bill Clinton and January 14 for Hillary, warning that failure to comply could trigger contempt charges.

Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges in July 2019 and held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.

He reportedly committed suicide by hanging in August 2019, despite earlier reports that he had been under suicide watch following a possible attempt in July.

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