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Doug Band And His Epstein Related Congressional Transcript (Part 4) (7/23/26)

13 min · 23 de jul de 2026
Portada del episodio Doug Band And His Epstein Related Congressional Transcript (Part 4) (7/23/26)

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Doug Band told the House Oversight Committee that his personal contact with Jeffrey Epstein was limited, infrequent and largely incidental to his work as Bill Clinton’s longtime aide. He said he barely knew Epstein, did not recall receiving gifts from him and had no knowledge of Epstein’s abuse or other criminal conduct while they were acquainted. Band nevertheless described Epstein and Clinton as appearing to be friends, pointing to the time they spent together, Epstein’s aircraft and his potential value as a supporter of Clinton’s post-presidential work. He acknowledged accompanying Clinton on trips aboard Epstein’s plane and visiting Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse, but said he did not remember witnessing private conversations between the two men or seeing anything improper. Band described a more substantial relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell, admitting that they developed a friendship through Clinton’s orbit while firmly denying that it was ever romantic or physical. He said he began hearing troubling reports about Maxwell around 2011 and responded by removing her from Clinton’s contact lists and attempting to cut her out of the former president’s world. Much of the questioning focused on emails suggesting social familiarity, dinners, travel arrangements, birthday plans and flirtatious language, but Band repeatedly said he could not remember the communications or the events being discussed. His testimony therefore presented Epstein as a peripheral acquaintance and Maxwell as a former friend, while leaving lawmakers with numerous instances in which documentary records appeared more detailed than Band’s recollection. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Band-Final-Transcript-7.16.26.pdf [https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Band-Final-Transcript-7.16.26.pdf]

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Portada del episodio Doug Band And His Epstein Related Congressional Transcript (Part 4) (7/23/26)

Doug Band And His Epstein Related Congressional Transcript (Part 4) (7/23/26)

Doug Band told the House Oversight Committee that his personal contact with Jeffrey Epstein was limited, infrequent and largely incidental to his work as Bill Clinton’s longtime aide. He said he barely knew Epstein, did not recall receiving gifts from him and had no knowledge of Epstein’s abuse or other criminal conduct while they were acquainted. Band nevertheless described Epstein and Clinton as appearing to be friends, pointing to the time they spent together, Epstein’s aircraft and his potential value as a supporter of Clinton’s post-presidential work. He acknowledged accompanying Clinton on trips aboard Epstein’s plane and visiting Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse, but said he did not remember witnessing private conversations between the two men or seeing anything improper. Band described a more substantial relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell, admitting that they developed a friendship through Clinton’s orbit while firmly denying that it was ever romantic or physical. He said he began hearing troubling reports about Maxwell around 2011 and responded by removing her from Clinton’s contact lists and attempting to cut her out of the former president’s world. Much of the questioning focused on emails suggesting social familiarity, dinners, travel arrangements, birthday plans and flirtatious language, but Band repeatedly said he could not remember the communications or the events being discussed. His testimony therefore presented Epstein as a peripheral acquaintance and Maxwell as a former friend, while leaving lawmakers with numerous instances in which documentary records appeared more detailed than Band’s recollection. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Band-Final-Transcript-7.16.26.pdf [https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Band-Final-Transcript-7.16.26.pdf]

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Portada del episodio Doug Band And His Epstein Related Congressional Transcript (Part 3) (7/23/26)

Doug Band And His Epstein Related Congressional Transcript (Part 3) (7/23/26)

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