Former President Bill Clinton told the House Oversight Committee that President Donald Trump cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s over a land-related dispute, according to multiple reports.
Clinton testified for more than six hours during a closed-door deposition on Friday as lawmakers questioned him about his past relationship with Epstein.
Three sources familiar with Clinton’s testimony told CNN that Clinton said President Trump informed him at a golf tournament that he was no longer friends with Epstein.
According to the sources, Clinton indicated the falling out stemmed from a land deal, though no additional details were provided.
There were no further specifics disclosed regarding the nature of the alleged dispute.
President Trump has previously addressed his relationship with Epstein.
In 2019, after Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges, President Trump told reporters he had not spoken to Epstein in more than 15 years.
“I was not a fan of his, that I can tell you. I was not a fan of his,” President Trump said at the time.
In 2025, while speaking to reporters at one of his golf courses in Scotland, President Trump said Epstein “stole” young female employees from Mar-a-Lago.
“He stole people that worked for me. I said, ‘Don’t ever do that again.’ He did it again, and I threw him out of the place, persona non grata,” President Trump said.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung later stated that President Trump removed Epstein from Mar-a-Lago for “being a creep.”
Neither President Trump nor White House officials have publicly commented on Clinton’s testimony regarding the alleged land deal, per the Daily Mail.
During the deposition, Clinton reiterated that he “did nothing wrong” in his association with Epstein.
“I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” Clinton said in an opening statement shared publicly before the hearing.
Clinton also reportedly stated that President Trump “has never said anything to me to make me think he was involved,” according to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer.
However, Democratic Representative Robert Garcia disputed Comer’s characterization, saying it was “not an accurate description” of Clinton’s testimony.
Garcia added that the testimony raised “very important new questions about comments President Trump has actually made in the past.”
President Trump responded to questions about Clinton’s deposition outside the White House.
“I like him,” President Trump said. “I don’t like seeing him deposed, but they certainly went after me.”
The deposition follows the recent release of Justice Department files related to Epstein, in which both Clinton and President Trump were referenced.
Clinton has acknowledged flying on Epstein’s private plane in 2002 and 2003 for Clinton Foundation-related travel.
He has denied ever visiting Epstein’s private island and said he ended contact years before Epstein’s criminal conduct became public.
Epstein was arrested in 2019 and later died in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial. Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year federal sentence related to sex trafficking offenses.
