STORY: Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday (February 26) dismissed any personal connection to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, stating during an appearance that she answered all questions "as fully as I could" during her testimony.

Clinton characterized her knowledge of Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell as casual, describing her as "an acquaintance."

Hillary's husband, Bill Clinton flew on Epstein's plane several times in the early 2000s after he left office. He has denied wrongdoing and expressed regret for his association.

According to Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer of Kentucky, a Republican, Epstein visited the White House 17 times while Clinton was in office.

The Justice Department sought to draw attention to photos of Bill Clinton in its document dump, but they also have revealed Epstein's ties to a long list of business and political leaders, including Lutnick and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HILLARY CLINTON AFTER DEPOSITION

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS WHITE FLASHES

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1. FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HILLARY CLINTON WALKING TO LECTERN / (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, HILLARY CLINTON, SAYING:

"I have just finished testifying. I answered every one of their questions as fully as I could, based on what I knew. And what I knew is what I said in my statement this morning. I never met Jeffrey Epstein, never had any connection or communication with him. I knew Ghislaine Maxwell casually as an acquaintance. But whatever they asked me, I did my very best to respond."

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3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, HILLARY CLINTON, SAYING:

"I don't know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein. I never went to his island. I never went to his homes. I never went to his offices. So it's on the record numerous times. It then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate, one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the Internet. That was serving as the basis of a member's questions to me."

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5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, HILLARY CLINTON, SAYING:

/ JOURNALIST ASKING: "And how have you been personally preparing for the deposition that is coming tomorrow? And are you 100% confident that there isn't anything that the former president knows Epstein clients?"

/ CLINTON ANSWERING: "I am. And I think the chronology of the connection that he (Bill Clinton) had with Epstein ended years, several years before anything about Epstein's criminal activities came to light, and and that he (Epstein) was charged and sadly given a sweetheart deal, which, as I said in my statement, had that not happened, perhaps his predatory behavior could have been stopped earlier."