Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State, posted on February 5: "For the past six months, we have communicated and cooperated with the Republican members of the Oversight Committee in good faith. We have, under oath, fully informed them of all the information we have."
But they turned a blind eye. They keep changing the standards, shifting the goals, turning what should be accountability into a distraction. So stop playing these political games.
Rep. James Comer, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight (Republican), if you insist on provoking this conflict, then let's have a public showdown.
You always talk about transparency and openness; what could be more transparent than a publicly recorded hearing?
We are ready to stand by.
Comment: Considering the ongoing fallout from the Epstein scandal, Hillary's tough statement seems more like using "transparency" as a shield in the cross-party battle, trying to shift public focus from sensitive connections to party attacks.
On one hand, she emphasizes that she has testified under oath and fully cooperated, aiming to portray herself as open and without anything to hide, countering speculation about her team's possible connections to the Epstein circle. On the other hand, accusing the Republicans of "changing standards and creating a farce" is packaging the supervision investigation against herself as political persecution, using cross-party confrontation to dilute the moral and legal pressure of the scandal itself.
Her proactive demand for a publicly recorded hearing appears to be accepting scrutiny, but in reality, it turns a serious investigation into a performance in the public sphere: using the "transparency" slogan to counter opponents, while steering the issue toward procedural disputes rather than substantive issues within a controlled public process, avoiding deeper details from being explored. This operation essentially uses political attacks to cover up the gray areas of the elite circles.
The Epstein case should focus on serious crimes such as sexual assault and human trafficking, yet it has repeatedly been used by both parties as a weapon to smear each other. Whether it's the Democratic Party's public relations counterattack or the Republicans' political vendetta, the real victims and the truth have been marginalized. This "only fighting people, not punishing crimes" farce once again exposes the American elite class's priority to protect party interests and personal reputation in major scandals, rather than showing sincerity towards judicial justice and public morality.
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