Post-presidency of Bill Clinton#Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

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At the end of his presidency, the Clintons moved to their house 15 Old House Lane in Chappaqua, New York, in Westchester County. Clinton opened his personal office in the Harlem section of New York City.{{cite web |url=http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/ny15_rangel/opedclintonharlem.html |title=Clinton Is Welcome in Harlem |publisher=Congressman Charles Rangel, Washington D.C. Office |date=February 14, 2001 |access-date=March 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329171834/http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/ny15_rangel/opedclintonharlem.html |archive-date=March 29, 2007 |df=mdy-all }} In 2000, Clinton assisted his wife in her campaign for office as Senator from New York.{{cite news |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/07/senate.ny/ |title=Hillary Rodham Clinton scores historic win in New York |publisher=CNN |date=November 8, 2000 |access-date=August 22, 2006 }} Clinton campaigned for a number of Democratic candidates for the Senate in the 2002 elections.{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/11/02/elec02.campaign.countdown/index.html|title=Clinton Campaign Blitz, CNN, 2002 | date=November 2, 2002 | access-date=May 22, 2010}}

Clinton comments on contemporary politics in speaking engagements around the world.Press release: [http://www.witsa.org/press/clinton.htm President Bill Clinton to be keynote speaker at World Congress on IT 2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803064756/http://www.witsa.org/press/clinton.htm |date=August 3, 2009 }}, World Information Technology and Services Alliance, Adelaide, South AustraliaKatherine Hamilton. "[http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/04/18/news/15263.shtml Bill Clinton to speak at Class Day] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928160950/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/04/18/news/15263.shtml |date=September 28, 2008 }}", The Daily Princetonian, April 18, 2006 One notable theme is his advocacy of multilateral solutions to world problems.

Clinton spoke for the fifth consecutive time at a Democratic National Convention on July 26, 2004, praising candidate John Kerry. He said of President George W. Bush's depiction of Kerry, "strength and wisdom are not opposing values." Despite Clinton's speech, the post-convention bounce to Kerry's poll numbers was less than was hoped for.{{cite news |last=Page |first=Susan |title=Poll: No boost for Kerry after convention |publisher=USA TODAY |date=August 1, 2004 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-08-01-poll-kerry_x.htm |access-date=February 1, 2007 }}

Clinton has given dozens of paid speeches each year, mostly to corporations and philanthropic groups in North America and Europe, often earning $100,000 to $300,000 per speech;Gerstein, Josh. [http://www.nysun.com/national/clinton-eligible-once-again-to-practice-law/25965/ Clinton Eligible, Once Again, To Practice Law], New York Sun, January 17, 2006. for 13 speeches he was paid $500,000, or more.Carroll, Lauren. [http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/apr/26/peter-schweizer/fact-checking-clinton-cash-author-claim-about-bill/ Fact-checking 'Clinton Cash' author on claim about Bill Clinton's speaking fees], PunditFact, April 26, 2015. According to his wife's Senate ethics reports, he earned more than $30 million in speaking from 2001 to 2005.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/us/politics/10clinton.html |title=Bill Clinton Ponders a role as 'First Gentlemen', NY Times, 2007 | work=The New York Times | first=Patrick | last=Healy | date=May 10, 2007 | access-date=May 22, 2010}} In 2007, it is estimated he amassed around $40 million from speaking fees.{{cite news | url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2300374.ece | title=Forty Million Dollar Bill, Independent, 2007 | work=The Independent | location=London | date=February 24, 2007 | access-date=May 22, 2010 | first=Daniel | last=Bentley | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015064614/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2300374.ece | archive-date=October 15, 2007 | df=mdy-all }} Overall, Bill Clinton earned more than $104 million from 542 paid speeches between January 2001 and January 2013.{{cite news|last1=Epstein|first1=Jennifer|title=Clinton Family Speeches Netted as Much as $26 Million for Foundation|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-22/clinton-foundation-discloses-speech-fees|website=Bloomberg|access-date=May 23, 2015|date=May 22, 2015}}Rucker, Philip, Tom Hamburger and Alexander Becker. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-the-clintons-went-from-dead-broke-to-rich-bill-earned-1049-million-for-speeches/2014/06/26/8fa0b372-fd3a-11e3-8176-f2c941cf35f1_story.html?tid=a_inl How the Clintons went from ‘dead broke’ to rich: Bill earned $104.9 million for speeches], The Washington Post, June 26, 2014.

Clinton made his first visit to new United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in April 2007.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

He was the opening speaker at the Ontario Economic Summit held on November 13, 2007 in which he addressed people on various subjects including Canada's role in Afghanistan, environmentalism and access to healthcare.[https://www.ctvnews.ca/clinton-urges-canada-to-stay-course-in-afghanistan-1.264062 Ontario Economic Summit], CTV.

Clinton served as one of the organizers for the New Baptist Covenant alongside former president Jimmy Carter and other Baptist leaders. This effort sought to bring various Baptists in America together, especially across racial lines, to discuss issues that unite them. Clinton spoke at the January 2008 celebration in Atlanta, Georgia.

Following 9/11, Clinton teamed up with his one-time political rival, former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, on the Families of Freedom Foundation, a scholarship fund campaign to pay for the college educations for the families of 9/11 victims.{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=126665&page=1.html|work=ABC News|title=Dole and Clinton on Scholarship Fund|date=January 6, 2006}} It helped raise more than $100 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bob-dole-on-life-after-losing-the-1996-presidential-election/2012/09/28/eaef4102-f78e-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|title=Bob Dole on life after losing the 1996 presidential election|first=Bob|last=Dole|date=September 30, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Clinton also was, for a short time in 2003, a commentator opposite Dole on CBS's 60 Minutes.

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Clinton dedicated his presidential library, the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 18, 2004.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4021201.stm|title=Clinton Library open for business, BBC News, 2004 | date=November 18, 2004 | access-date=May 22, 2010}} Under rainy skies, Clinton received praise from former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush, as well as from then-president George W. Bush. He was treated to a musical rendition from Bono and the Edge from U2, who expressed their gratitude at Clinton's efforts to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict during his presidency.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4022823.stm|title=Opening of Clinton Library in Pictures, BBC News, 2004 | date=November 19, 2004 | access-date=May 22, 2010}} The library has the largest archives of any presidential library.

The Clinton facility was funded to a large degree by donations from foreign governments, receiving a $10 million donation from the royal family of Saudi Arabia.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/14/AR2007121402124.html|title=Clinton library got funds from abroad, Washington Post, 2007 | newspaper=The Washington Post | first1=John | last1=Solomon | first2=Jeffrey H. | last2=Birnbaum | date=December 15, 2007 | access-date=May 22, 2010}}

{{See also|My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography)|Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World|Citizen: My Life After the White House}}

Clinton released a personal autobiography, My Life in 2004. The book was published by the Knopf Publishing Group at Random House on June 22, 2004. According to the publisher, for single day non-fiction book sales, the book set a worldwide record.Alfred A. Knopft (2004) [http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/clinton/salesrecord.pdf Bill Clinton's My Life sets one day, non-fiction sales record] Later released as an audio book, total sales were in excess of 400,000 copies. As a writer's fee, he received U.S. $12 million in advance.{{cite news |last=Glaister |first=Dan |title=Oprah Winfrey book deal tops Clinton's $12 m |date=May 22, 2006 |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/usa/story/0,,1780286,00.html | location=London}}

He released, Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World in September 2007, which became a bestseller and gandered positive reviews.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/books/bestseller/0923besthardnonfiction.html |title=New York Times Best Seller list for 9/23/07|access-date=September 18, 2007|work=New York Times}} The book is about citizen activism and the role of public charity and public service in the modern world.{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/new-book-bill-clinton-urges-individual-action-wbna20593850 |title=Bill Clintons New Book|access-date=November 23, 2007|publisher=Today.com}} The audiobook version was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award in the category of Best Spoken Word Album.

In 2011, Clinton released a book "Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy." The book details Clinton's suggestions for improving the economy.

Citizen: My Life After the White House, his second autobiography which covers his post-presidency years, was released on November 19, 2024.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/booklist/books/citizen-my-life-after-the-white-house/9780525521440|title=Citizen: My Life After the White House|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=December 10, 2024}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-04 |title=Bill Clinton reflects on post-White House years in the upcoming memoir 'Citizen' |url=https://apnews.com/article/bill-clinton-citizen-memoir-after-white-house-9daddfec321b49c84052962b84bd16b2 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Shelton |first=Shania |date=2024-04-04 |title=Bill Clinton to publish a memoir about life after the White House following the November election {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/politics/bill-clinton-memoir-life-after-white-house/index.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Hutchinson Heinemann to publish new Bill Clinton memoir |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/hutchinson-heinemann-to-publish-new-bill-clinton-memoir |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}{{Cite web |title=President Bill Clinton to Publish Memoir About Life After Leaving Office |url=https://people.com/bill-clinton-to-publish-memoir-8624733 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kurtz |first=Judy |date=2024-04-04 |title=Bill Clinton memoir planned for post-election release |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4574137-bill-clinton-memoir-planned-for-post-election-release/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Simmons |first=Ken |date=2024-04-04 |title=Bill Clinton's New Memoir 'Citizen' Talks Post-White House Years |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/bill-clintons-new-memoir-citizen-talks-post-white-house-years/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Us Weekly |language=en-US}}

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The William J. Clinton Foundation promotes and provides for a number of humanitarian causes. Within the foundation, the Clinton Foundation HIV and AIDS Initiative (CHAI) strives to make treatment for HIV/AIDS more affordable and to implement large-scale integrated care, treatment, and prevention programs. While in Sydney to attend a Global Business Forum, Clinton signed a memorandum of understanding on behalf of his presidential foundation with the Australian government to promote HIV/AIDS programs in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), funded by the Clinton Foundation, was inaugurated September 15–17, 2005 in New York City to coincide with the 2005 World Summit. The focus areas of the initiative include attempts to address world problems such as global public health, poverty alleviation and religious and ethnic conflict.{{cite web|url=http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/|title=Clinton Global Initiative}}

Clinton announced through the William J. Clinton Foundation an agreement by major soft drink manufacturers to stop selling sugared sodas and juice drinks, in public primary and secondary schools within the United States,

on May 3, 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2006/05/03/383279.html|title=William J. Clinton Foundation announces agreement to reduce junk food in schools}}

The foundation has received donations from a number of foreign governments, including the king of Morocco, a foundation linked to the United Arab Emirates, and the governments of Kuwait and Qatar.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/obama-team-turns-scrutiny-on-bill-clinton-20081117-692j.html|title=Obama team turns scrutiny on Bill Clinton, The Age, Nov 18, 2008 | location=Melbourne | first1=Peter | last1=Baker | first2=Anne | last2=Davies | date=November 18, 2008}}

In 2008 newspapers reported that "Mr Clinton had travelled to Kazakhstan with a Canadian mining magnate, Frank Giustra, to meet its dictator president. Mr Giustra later won three lucrative uranium mining contracts from the government and then donated $US31 million to Mr Clinton's charity."

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In the aftermath of the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, Clinton established, with fellow former president George H. W. Bush, the Bush-Clinton Tsunami Fund and the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, respectively. He and Bush appeared together in television ads in 2005, encouraging aid for victims of the tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=1446477 |title=People of the Year: Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush |publisher=ABC News |date=December 27, 2005 |access-date=September 5, 2010}} For this, they were awarded the 2006 Philadelphia Liberty Medal on October 5, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal/|title=2006 Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award}}

Then-President George W. Bush, to help the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, named Clinton and his father George H. W. Bush to lead a nationwide campaign on January 3, 2005. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan selected Clinton to head the United Nations earthquake and tsunami relief and reconstruction effort on February 1, 2005.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/01/clinton.tsunami/index.html |title=Clinton named head of U.N. tsunami rebuilding, CNN, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218030334/http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/01/clinton.tsunami/index.html |archive-date=December 18, 2008 }}

Five days later, to raise money for relief through the USA Freedom Corps, Clinton and Bush appeared on the Fox Super Bowl XXXIX pre-game show.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39788-2005Jan26.html|title=Senior Bush, Clinton to Appear at Super Bowl, Washington Post, 2005 | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Mark | last=Maske | date=January 27, 2005 | access-date=May 22, 2010}} Thirteen days later, to see the relief efforts, they traveled to the affected areas.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4281627.stm|title=Bush, Clinton end tsunami visit, BBC News, 2005 | date=February 21, 2005 | access-date=May 22, 2010}} In April 2007, they spoke together at the funeral of Russian President Boris Yeltsin.{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,268092,00.html|title=Former Presidents Bush, Clinton Represent U.S. at Boris Yeltsin's Funeral, Fox News, 2007 | date=April 24, 2007}}

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To create the Clinton Foundation Climate Change Initiative (CCI), the William J. Clinton Foundation entered into a partnership with the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group on August 1, 2006, agreeing to provide resources to allow the participating cities to enter into an energy-saving product purchasing consortium and to provide technical and communications support.{{cite web|url=http://www.clintonfoundation.org/080106-nr-cf-cci-pr-president-clinton-launches-clinton-climate-initiative.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022059/http://www.clintonfoundation.org/080106-nr-cf-cci-pr-president-clinton-launches-clinton-climate-initiative.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2007|title=Clinton Foundation and Climate Partnership, Press Release}}

Clinton criticized the Bush administration for its handling of emissions control while speaking at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal on December 9, 2005. To promote initiatives concerning the environment, Clinton twice visited the University of California, Los Angeles in 2006. First, to advertise the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, he met with Tony Blair, Ken Livingstone, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Gavin Newsom on August 1, 2006. On October 13, 2006, he spoke in favor of California Proposition 87 on alternative energy, which was voted down.{{cite news |first=Peach |last=Indravudh |title=Clinton backs Prop. 87 |publisher=UCLA |url=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2006/oct/16/clinton-backs-prop-87/ |work=Daily Bruin |access-date=July 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929014709/http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2006/oct/16/clinton-backs-prop-87/ |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

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On September 2, 2004, while campaigning for Kerry, Clinton had an episode of angina and was evaluated at Northern Westchester Hospital. It was determined he did not suffer a coronary infarction, and he was sent home, returning the following day for angiography, which disclosed multiple vessel coronary artery disease. He was transferred to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, where he underwent a successful on-pump quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery on September 6, 2004. The medical team stated, had he not had surgery, he would have likely suffered a massive heart attack within a few months.{{cite news |last=Vedantam |first=Shankar |title=Clinton's Heart Bypass Surgery Called a Success |page=A01 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 7, 2004 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A409-2004Sep6.html |access-date=January 2, 2007 }} As a complication of his heart surgery, Clinton underwent a follow-up surgery on March 10, 2005 for a left pleural effusion, removing scar tissue and fluid from his left chest cavity.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1485321/Bill-Clinton-back-in-hospital-for-heart-surgery.html|title=Bill Clinton back in hospital for heart surgery, The Telegraph, 2005 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | date=March 10, 2005 | access-date=May 22, 2010}}

On February 11, 2010, he was rushed to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City after complaining of chest pains, and had two coronary stents implanted in his heart.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8511817.stm | work=BBC News | title=Bill Clinton has heart procedure | date=February 12, 2010 | access-date=April 26, 2010}}{{cite news|author=Mark Egan |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61A5L020100211 |title=Bill Clinton in good spirits after heart procedure |publisher=Reuters |date= February 11, 2010|access-date=June 13, 2010}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bill-clinton-undergoes-heart-procedure-1.891672 |title=CBC News – World – Bill Clinton undergoes heart procedure |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=February 11, 2010 |access-date=June 13, 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004137156_apbillclintonwhitehouse21.html?syndication=rss |title=Politics | Bill Clinton Sees a Role in White House | Seattle Times Newspaper |publisher=Seattletimes.nwsource.com |date=January 21, 2008 |access-date=June 13, 2010}} He has since recovered and become a vegan.{{Cite web|url = http://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-08-2013/bill-clinton-vegan.html|title = Bill Clinton Explains Why He Became a Vegan|date = August–September 2013|access-date = June 28, 2014|website = AARP|last = Conason|first = Joe}}

In the course of the 2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign, Clinton vigorously advocated on behalf of his wife, Hillary Clinton, leading some observers and party members to question the appropriateness of his role in view of his status as a former president.{{cite news|last=Associated |first=The |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-01-24-2496190579_x.htm |title=The Associated Press: Quotes on Bill Clinton's Campaign Role |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=January 24, 2008 |access-date=August 6, 2009}} Some felt that Clinton was overshadowing his wife in the campaign,{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-assess_tackett_sunjan27,0,5782634.story |title=For better or worse, Bill Clinton in race – chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicagotribune.com |first=Michael |last=Tackett |date=January 27, 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302051422/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-assess_tackett_sunjan27,0,5782634.story |archive-date=March 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/blogs/daily/2008/01/bruce-feirste-1.html |title=VF Daily: Bruce Feirstein: Bill Clinton, Nasty Man: On The Web: vanityfair.com |publisher=Vanityfair.com |author=Bruce Feirstein |date=January 25, 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525202544/http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/blogs/daily/2008/01/bruce-feirste-1.html |archive-date=May 25, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/627lchzc.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123142557/http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/627lchzc.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2008 |title=The Bubba Factor |publisher=Weeklystandard.com |access-date=November 9, 2008}} with her presidential rival Barack Obama complaining that he sometimes did not know which Clinton he was running against.{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-brooks24jan24,0,1569475.column |title=A Clinton twofer's high price – Los Angeles Times |work=Los Angeles Times |date= January 24, 2008|access-date=November 9, 2008 | first=Rosa | last=Brooks}} At an MSNBC debate, Republican primary candidate Mitt Romney said that he "can't imagine Bill Clinton left with nothing to do in the White House", suggesting that Clinton would be a "co-president and try and help manage the economy and help manage the world affairs".[https://web.archive.org/web/20080129020632/http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/26/611577.aspx Romney on McCain, the Clintons], Posted: Saturday, January 26, 2008 3:19 PM by Mark Murray

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Top Democratic Party officials, including Congressman Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, asked Clinton to tone down his attacks on Obama following the bitterly contested Nevada caucus, suggesting that Clinton could be damaging his own political capital and global stature.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/96385 |title=Leading Democrats To Bill Clinton: Pipe Down | Newsweek Periscope | Newsweek.com |date=January 19, 2008 |publisher=Newsweek.com |access-date=November 9, 2008}} Some commentators even accused the former president of "playing the race card" against Obama, who is half-black, by suggesting he would understand if South Carolina's African Americans naturally would vote for the black candidate, but rejected suggestions that America was not ready for a black President.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=a86pY4CBoF0U |title=Bloomberg.com: News |publisher=Bloomberg.com |access-date=November 9, 2008}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2182569#obamaescape |title=Obama beats... Jesse Jackson? - By Mickey Kaus – Slate Magazine |publisher=Slate.com |author=Mickey Kaus |journal=Slate |date=January 28, 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2008}}{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004141629_apclintonrace23.html |title=Politics | ON DEADLINE: Clinton Makes Race an Issue | Seattle Times Newspaper |publisher=Seattletimes.nwsource.com |author=Ron Fournier |date= January 23, 2008|access-date=November 9, 2008}} Many felt that by alienating black voters who had once overwhelmingly supported the Clintons, Clinton had tarnished his legacy as the so-called "first black president."{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/26/politics/main3755521.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128114417/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/26/politics/main3755521.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 28, 2008 |title=Analysis: Bill Clinton's Lost Legacy, CBSNews.com's Vaughn Ververs: Inflammatory Remarks Tarnish Ex-President's Reputation – CBS News |publisher=Cbsnews.com |date= January 26, 2008|access-date=November 9, 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/opinion/23dowd.html |title=Two Against One – New York Times |work=New York Times |author=Maureen Dowd |date=January 23, 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2008}} In particular, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) suggested that Clinton's vocal attacks on Obama could damage the former president's legacy.{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0801/21/sitroom.03.html |title=CNN.com – Transcripts |publisher=Transcripts.cnn.com |access-date=November 9, 2008}}

Following his wife's disappointing defeat in South Carolina, Clinton again made headlines when he appeared to undermine and racialize Obama's victory by comparing it to Jesse Jackson's failed 1984 bid for the Presidency.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqd2dfjl2pw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/Qqd2dfjl2pw |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=YouTube – Bill Clinton on Barack Obama |publisher=Youtube.com |access-date=November 9, 2008}}{{cbignore}} Some observers suggested that the controversial comments fueled Sen. Ted Kennedy's decision to endorse Sen. Obama for the Presidency.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/27/sen-kennedy-backs-obama-_n_83505.html |title=Sen. Kennedy Backs Obama for President – Politics on The Huffington Post |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= January 28, 2008|access-date=November 9, 2008}} Clinton attracted further controversy with a series of attacks against Obama that many independents and former Clinton supporters felt to be unfair.{{cite news|url=http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/michael_tomasky/2008/01/winning_ugly.html |title=Comment is free: Winning ugly |publisher=guardian.co.uk, Saturday January 19, 2008 23.00 GMT |date= January 19, 2008|access-date=November 9, 2008 | location=London | first=Michael | last=Tomasky}}{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-chait26jan26,0,7890763.column |title=Is the right right on the Clintons? - Los Angeles Times |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 26, 2008 |page=A-25 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |first=Jonathan |last=Chait |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130235719/http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-chait26jan26,0,7890763.column |archive-date=January 30, 2008 }} While some believed the attacks might eventually pay off,{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/01/how_clinton_will_win_the_nomin.html |title=RealClearPolitics – Articles – How Clinton Will Win the Nomination by Losing S.C |publisher=Realclearpolitics.com |access-date=November 9, 2008}} others felt they would damage Hillary Clinton's presidential prospects and alienate Democratic voters in the general election.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/23/AR2008012303325.html |title=There You Go Again – washingtonpost.com |work=Washingtonpost.com |date= January 24, 2008|access-date=November 9, 2008}} Bill Clinton defended his role in the campaign in South Carolina, disputing claims he made race a campaign issue.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/17/clinton.bill/index.html |title=Bill Clinton: What happened in South Carolina a 'myth' – cnn.com |publisher=CNN |date=March 17, 2008 |access-date=August 6, 2009}} According to some reports, the accusations of racism hurt him personally, as blacks had long been Clinton's most loyal supporters.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/politics/08recon.html |title=The Long Road to a Clinton Exit |work=New York Times |author=Peter Baker And Jim Rutenberg |date=June 8, 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/08/america/08exit.php |title=The long road to a Clinton exit – International Herald Tribune |publisher=Iht.com |access-date=November 9, 2008}}

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During the primary campaign, his wife's aides criticized Clinton's freelancing and deemed his office uncooperative– at one point, they complained, his people would not allow one of her people to ride on his plane to campaign stops. His aides, on the other hand, stewed over what they saw as her people's disregard for the advice of one of this generation's great political minds and bristled at surrendering control of his schedule. On the night of the Pennsylvania primary, Clinton grew playfully competitive with his wife over who had done more events or had had more impact. Governor Ed Rendell showed Clinton the county-by-county returns, while she was superstitious and rarely watched election night coverage. According to Rendell, "The president wanted to know exactly what the returns were in the places he had been and Hillary hadn't been. He kept showing Hillary, and she would laugh."

Due to Clinton's prominent role in his wife's presidential run and his criticism of Obama, many perceived an enduring distance between the two. Clinton was asked later if he thought presidential nominee Barack Obama was qualified to be president. He replied that the Constitution sets qualifications. When pressed as to whether Obama was "ready" to be president, Clinton replied, "You could argue that no one is ready to be president."{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/151388/output/print|publisher=Newsweek|author=Jonathan Alter|access-date=August 28, 2008|title=A Catharsis in Denver?}} Such remarks led to apprehension that the party would be split to the detriment of Obama's election. Fears were allayed August 27, 2008 when Clinton enthusiastically endorsed Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, saying that all his experience as president assures him that Obama is "ready to lead".{{cite news|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/08/bill_clinton_vouches_for_obama.html|title=Bill Clinton vouches for Obama: now "ready to lead."|access-date=August 28, 2008|publisher=Sun-Times News Group|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017063638/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/08/bill_clinton_vouches_for_obama.html|archive-date=October 17, 2011|df=mdy-all}}

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Clinton made an unannounced trip to North Korea, a country with which the United States does not have diplomatic relations, on August 4, 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm|title=Bill Clinton Arrives Here|publisher=Korean Central News Agency|date=August 4, 2009|access-date=August 4, 2009}} Clinton arrived in Pyongyang in order to negotiate the release of U.S. citizens Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who were imprisoned by North Korean forces for illegally entering the country from China while filming a documentary and given a 12-year sentence.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8182716.stm|title=Bill Clinton arrives in N Korea|publisher=BBC News|date=August 4, 2009|access-date=August 4, 2009}} His visit to North Korea is the second such trip by a former U.S. president, the other occurring when Jimmy Carter visited in 1994. After meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, Kim issued a special pardon for the two journalists.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8184583.stm|title=North Korea pardons US reporters |publisher=BBC News|date=August 4, 2009|access-date=August 5, 2009}} On the morning of August 5, the journalists were released from custody and flew home to the United States with Clinton.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/world/asia/06korea.html|title=In Release of Journalists, Both Clintons Had Key Roles|work=The New York Times|date=August 5, 2009|access-date=August 5, 2009 | first1=Mark | last1=Landler | first2=Peter | last2=Baker}}

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In 2009, Clinton was named United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8056762.stm |title=Bill Clinton to be UN Haiti envoy |agency=BBC |date=May 19, 2009 |access-date=January 14, 2010 | work=BBC News}} On January 16, 2010, in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, U.S. president Barack Obama announced that Clinton and George W. Bush will coordinate efforts to raise funds for Haiti's recovery.[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/16/haiti.earthquake/index.html?hpt=T1 Presidents Clinton, Bush lead effort to raise funds for Haiti], CNN (January 16, 2010). Retrieved on January 16, 2010. Clinton established, with fellow former president George W. Bush, the Clinton–Bush Haiti Fund.

Clinton was a major surrogate for President Barack Obama in the election year, most notably delivering a forty-five-minute speech on the second night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention that was well received in the press, with former Romney consultant Alex Castellanos even stating Clinton had "won the election" for Obama. Clinton remained a powerful surrogate for the President, and was the second person Obama called after receiving Republican candidate Mitt Romney's concession. Clinton also later spoke with Romney, mentioning he felt that Hurricane Sandy had secured Obama's victory.{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/romney-clinton-hurricane-sandy-election_n_2137343.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Sabrina | last=Siddiqui | title=Mitt Romney Says Bill Clinton Told Him Hurricane Sandy Won Obama Election | date=November 15, 2012}} Many, including David Axelrod, have stated Clinton played a crucial role in Obama's campaign.{{cite news| url=http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/07/david-axelrod-on-bill-clinton-he-was-the-most-valuable-player-in-this-campaign-he-just-campaigned-his-heart-out/?hpt=pm_mid | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112113749/http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/07/david-axelrod-on-bill-clinton-he-was-the-most-valuable-player-in-this-campaign-he-just-campaigned-his-heart-out/?hpt=pm_mid | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 12, 2012 | work=CNN | title=David Axelrod on Bill Clinton: "He was the most valuable player in this campaign … he just campaigned his heart out" | date=November 7, 2012}}

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Over the course of the election year, Clinton supported the presidential campaign of his wife Hillary. In early January, Republican primary frontrunner Donald Trump suggested that Clinton's past infidelities could harm his wife's campaign, Clinton afterward dismissing him: "Donald Trump says a lot of things".{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/07/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-ad-bill-cosby-lewinsky/|title=Bill Clinton: 'Donald Trump says a lot of things'|date=January 7, 2016|publisher=CNN}} On March 21, Clinton made comments about putting "the awful legacy of the last eight years behind us", leading to speculation that he was negatively referring to the Obama presidency. However, on March 24, Hillary Clinton said that her husband was actually referring to the difficulty Obama had in compromising with Republicans.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/24/politics/hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-barack-obama-legacy-comment/index.html|title=Hillary Clinton: Bill 'obviously' wasn't knocking Obama with legacy comment|date=March 25, 2016|publisher=CNN}}

On June 29, 2016, Clinton had a private conversation with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in Phoenix, Arizona. Clinton's meeting with Lynch, while his wife Hillary was under an FBI probe for the use of a private e-mail server, raised questions about a conflict of interest as well as the ability of the Department of Justice to conduct an independent investigation. Clinton and Lynch insisted that their conversation was purely social.Nelson, Louis. [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bill-clinton-loretta-lynch-224972 Democrats groan after Bill Clinton meets Loretta Lynch], Politico Magazine, June 30, 2016.

On November 10, a Clinton aide said he had phoned Trump that afternoon to congratulate the president-elect on his victory.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/10/politics/bill-clinton-donald-trump/|title=Bill Clinton congratulates Donald Trump|date=November 10, 2016|first=Dan|last=Merica|publisher=CNN}} On December 20, Trump tweeted that Clinton called him after the election, which Clinton himself shortly afterward confirmed, and that the former president "doesn't know much" about attracting voters in swing states.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-goes-after-bill-clinton-hillary-clinton/|title=Trump goes after Bill Clinton over post-election comments|date=December 20, 2016|publisher=CBS News|first=Rebecca|last=Shabad}}

Clinton served as a member of the United States Electoral College for the state of New York.{{Cite web|last=Mahoney|first=Bill|title=Electoral delegate Bill Clinton: 'Never cast a vote I was prouder of'|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/12/electoral-delegate-bill-clinton-never-cast-a-vote-i-was-prouder-of-108194|access-date=November 10, 2020|website=Politico PRO|language=en}} He voted for the Democratic ticket consisting of his wife Hillary and her running-mate Tim Kaine.

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Clinton spoke at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020 in support of Joe Biden. Clinton again served as a member of the United States Electoral College from New York, casting his vote for the Democratic ticket of Biden and Kamala Harris. On January 20, 2021, the Clintons attended Biden's inauguration. Along with Obama and George W. Bush, Clinton laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and recorded a segment for the Celebrate America special offering words of wisdom for the new president.

Clinton condemned the assassination attempt on former president Trump, who was also the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election, on July 13, 2024, expressing relief that Trump was safe and applauded the Secret Service’s response.{{cite magazine |last=Popli |first=Nik |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Politicians Condemn Trump Rally Shooting: 'No Place for Political Violence in Our Democracy' |url=https://time.com/6998292/trump-shooting-rally-reactions-biden/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714033641/https://time.com/6998292/trump-shooting-rally-reactions-biden/ |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |magazine=Time}} Clinton later praised Biden's work as president after Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential election.{{cite web |last1=Obama |first1=Barack |date=July 21, 2024 |title=Bill and Hillary Clinton Endorse Kamala Harris |url=https://barackobama.medium.com/my-statement-on-president-bidens-announcement-1eb78b3ba3fc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721195230/https://barackobama.medium.com/my-statement-on-president-bidens-announcement-1eb78b3ba3fc |archive-date=July 21, 2024 |access-date=July 21, 2024 |website=Medium}} He appeared on the third night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, voicing his support for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.{{cite news |title=Bill Clinton jokes in DNC speech that he's 'still younger' than Trump. He is, by 2 months. |first=Gabe |last=Hauari |work=USA Today |date=August 22, 2024 |access-date=August 25, 2024 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/22/bill-clinton-age-dnc-speech-younger-donald-trump/74899932007/}}

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Clinton was present at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final. He also visited the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and was an avid booster of the American team. He was also one of the proponents of the United States 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids. Clinton had been president when the U.S. hosted the 1994 World Cup.

Clinton attended an event marking the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act on February 2, 2023.

Clinton was disbarred from practicing law before the Supreme Court of the United States in 2001.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/01/national/01WIRE-CLIN.html | work=The New York Times | title=Clinton Disbarred From Practice Before Supreme Court | date=October 1, 2001}}

In May 2017, Clinton announced that he would be co-authoring a book called The President is Missing with best-selling crime novelist, James Patterson. The book was released in June 2018.

The entire Clinton family was present at the 2013 funeral of former South African president Nelson Mandela; Clinton and his wife was present at the 2011 funeral of former Czech president Václav Havel; and Mr Clinton himself was present at the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II, the 2007 funeral of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, the 2015 funeral of former Singaporean premier Lee Kuan Yew, the 2016 funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres, the 2017 funeral of former German chancellor Helmut Kohl and the 2019 funeral of former French president Jacques Chirac.

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In the early 2000s, Clinton took flights on Jeffrey Epstein's private jet in connection with Clinton Foundation work.{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Scott |date=July 8, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton says he didn't know about Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex trafficking crimes |url=https://www.newsweek.com/bill-clinton-says-he-didnt-know-about-jeffrey-epsteins-alleged-sex-trafficking-crimes-1448171 |access-date=September 16, 2019 |work=Newsweek}}{{cite news |last1=Gold |first1=Michael |date=July 9, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein: How Are They Connected? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/nyregion/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein.html |access-date=September 16, 2019 |work=The New York Times}} According to Epstein's attorney Gerald B. Lefcourt, Epstein was "part of the original group that conceived of the Clinton Global Initiative".{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=James |last2=Mosk |first2=Matthew |date=February 11, 2016 |title=Victims: Feds Hid 'Sweetheart' Deal for Sex Offender With Deep Political Ties |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/victims-feds-hid-sweetheart-deal-sex-offender-deep/story?id=36843144 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720073439/https://abcnews.go.com/US/victims-feds-hid-sweetheart-deal-sex-offender-deep/story?id=36843144 |archive-date=July 20, 2019 |access-date=July 20, 2019 |work=ABC}} In 2002, a spokesperson for Clinton praised Epstein as "a committed philanthropist" with "insights and generosity".{{Cite magazine |date=July 9, 2019 |title=Clinton and Trump Plead Ignorance as Epstein's Old Friends Begin to Sweat |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/07/clinton-trump-plead-ignorance-as-jeffrey-epstein-friends-begin-to-sweat |access-date=October 20, 2022 |magazine=Vanity Fair}} While Clinton was president, Epstein visited the White House at least 17 times between 1993 and 1995.{{Cite magazine |date=December 3, 2021 |title=Jeffrey Epstein Visited Bill Clinton's White House at Least 17 Times From 1993 to 1995, Visitor Logs Show |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-visited-bill-clintons-white-house-at-least-17-times-from-1993-to-1995-visitor-logs-show/ |access-date=October 20, 2022 |magazine=National Review}}{{Cite web |last=Ruhalter |first=Kana |date=December 2, 2021 |title=White House Visitor Logs Show Just How Friendly Epstein and President Clinton Were |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-visited-president-bill-clinton-17-times-white-house-visitor-logs-show |access-date=October 20, 2022 |website=The Daily Beast}} Years later, Epstein was convicted on sex trafficking charges. Clinton's office released a statement in 2019 saying, "President Clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago, or those with which he has been recently charged in New York. In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took four trips on Jeffrey Epstein's airplane: one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the work of the Clinton Foundation. Staff, supporters of the Foundation, and his Secret Service detail traveled on every leg of every trip. [...] He's not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade."{{cite news |last1=Moye |first1=David |date=July 8, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton Denies Knowing Anything About Jeffrey Epstein's 'Terrible Crimes' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-statement_n_5d23c6c6e4b0cfb595fad85a |access-date=September 16, 2019 |work=HuffPost}}{{cite news |last=Arciga |first=Julia |date=July 9, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton: I Flew With Jeffrey Epstein but Knew 'Nothing' About 'Terrible Crimes' |website=The Daily Beast}}

However, later reports showed that Clinton had flown on Epstein's plane 26 times.{{Cite news |date=May 14, 2016 |title=Report: Bill Clinton Flew on Disgraced Donor's Jet 26 Times |url=https://www.rollcall.com/2016/05/13/report-bill-clinton-flew-on-disgraced-donors-jet-26-times/ |access-date=October 20, 2022 |newspaper=Roll Call}} In another statement Clinton said "one meeting with Epstein in his Harlem office in 2002, and around the same time made one brief visit to Epstein's New York apartment with a staff member and his security detail". In July 2019, it was reported that Clinton attended a dinner with Epstein in 1995, a meeting with Epstein that Clinton had not previously disclosed.{{Cite web |last=Melendez |first=Pilar |date=July 11, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton Failed to Mention His Intimate 1995 Dinner With Epstein |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-clinton-failed-to-mention-his-intimate-1995-dinner-with-epstein |access-date=October 22, 2022 |website=The Daily Beast}}

Clinton reportedly used Epstein's private jet to visit Little St. James Island, where Epstein resided,{{cite news |date=January 6, 2015 |title=Prince Andrew sex allegations: Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein 'had 21 |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/prince-andrew-sex-allegations-billionaire-jeffrey-epstein-had-21-phone-numbers-for-bill-clinton-9959491.html |website=The Independent}} on multiple occasions between 2002 and 2005.{{cite news |date=January 2, 2015 |title=Jeffrey Epstein – the billionaire paedophile at the centre of the Prince Andrew sex claim |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/who-is-jeffrey-epstein-a-study-of-the-man-linked-to-worlds-of-celebrity-politics-and-royalty-9954397.html |website=The Independent}} Virginia Roberts, later known as Virginia Giuffre, says in a lawsuit that while working at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Julie K. |last2=Blaskey |first2=Sarah |date=August 9, 2019 |title=Huge cache of records details how Jeffrey Epstein and madam lured girls into depraved world |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article233704797.html |access-date=July 28, 2020 |website=Miami Herald |quote=Virginia Roberts, now Giuffre, says she was 16 and working as a locker room attendant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort when she was approached by Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s associate, about becoming a masseuse for Epstein.}} she was lured into a sex-trafficking ring run by Epstein and while traveling with Epstein she saw Clinton on the island.{{cite web |last=Gerstein |first=Josh |date=May 4, 2017 |title=The one weird court case linking Trump, Clinton, and a billionaire pedophile |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/jeffrey-epstein-trump-lawsuit-sex-trafficking-237983 |website=POLITICO}} In a 2011 conversation with her lawyers, Roberts stated that Clinton traveled to Epstein's retreat on Little St. James in 2002.{{cite web |date=January 28, 2015 |title=Plenty Of Innuendo, But No Hard Evidence Of New Clinton Sex Scandal |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/clinton-epstein-innuendo |website=BuzzFeed News}} According to Roberts, Epstein told her that Clinton "owes me favors" when she asked what he was doing there.{{cite news |last=Villarreal |first=Daniel |date=30 July 2020 |title=Bill Clinton Went to Jeffrey Epstein's Island With 2 'Young Girls,' Virginia Giuffre Says |url=https://www.newsweek.com/bill-clinton-went-jeffrey-epsteins-island-2-young-girls-virginia-giuffre-says-1521845 |newspaper=Newsweek}} She also reportedly claimed that Epstein and Clinton had dined in the presence of two girls aged approximately seventeen whom she believed Epstein had invited to have sex with Clinton, but that Clinton showed no interest in them.{{cite news |last=Bamidele |first=Afouda |date=4 January 2024 |title=Bill Clinton 'Didn't Take The Bait' Of Two 'Underaged' Girls, Jeffrey Epstein Docs Claim |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bill-clinton-didn-t-bait-013258134.html |newspaper=Yahoo! News}} A Freedom of Information Act request for United States Secret Service records of visits Clinton may have made to Little St. James produced no such evidence. According to Epstein's flight logs, Clinton never flew near the U.S. Virgin Islands. In July 2019, a Clinton spokesperson issued a statement saying Clinton never visited the island.{{cite news |last=Coto |first=Dánica |date=July 11, 2019 |title=Whispers, suspicion about Epstein on Caribbean island |url=https://www.apnews.com/cd794044e8be4e619093582d6d3355d2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813012919/https://www.apnews.com/cd794044e8be4e619093582d6d3355d2 |archive-date=August 13, 2019 |access-date=August 13, 2019 |work=Associated Press}}{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Kate |date=July 8, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton 'knows nothing' about Epstein's 'terrible crimes,' spokesman says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/08/politics/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein/index.html |website=CNN}} When he was personally asked by a journalist about his ties with Epstein in a rally in Laredo, Texas in November 2022, Clinton said "I think the evidence is clear".{{cite news |last1=Mayer |first1=Chloe |date=8 November 2022 |title=Video of Bill Clinton Grilled About Jeffrey Epstein Ties Viewed 1M Times |url=https://www.newsweek.com/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-viral-video-1757925 |work=Newsweek}} According to former Clinton aide, Doug Band, Clinton visited Epstein's island in January 2003.{{cite news |last1=Norton |first1=Tom |date=2 January 2024 |title=Did Bill Clinton Visit Jeffrey Epstein's Island? What We Know |url=https://www.newsweek.com/did-bill-clinton-visit-jeffrey-epstein-island-what-we-know-1857039 |work=Newsweek}}{{cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Gabriel |date=2 December 2020 |title=Confessions of a Clintonworld Exile |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/12/confessions-of-a-clintonworld-exile |work=Vanity Fair}} In 2024, unsealed court documents revealed allegations that Clinton had visited the offices of Vanity Fair and 'threatened' the paper not to print stories about Epstein's sexual trafficking. Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter denied the incident ever took place.{{cite web |last=Sephton |first=Connor |date=5 January 2024 |title=Jeffrey Epstein court documents: Bill Clinton 'threatened' magazine not to publish articles about his 'good friend' |url=https://news.sky.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-court-documents-bill-clinton-threatened-magazine-not-to-publish-articles-about-his-good-friend-13042406 |newspaper=Sky News}}{{cite news |author=Antonio Pequeño IV |date=4 January 2024 |title=New Epstein Documents Unsealed: Bill Clinton 'Threatened' Vanity Fair Over Sex Trafficking Coverage, Email Alleges |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/01/04/new-epstein-documents-unsealed-bill-clinton-threatened-vanity-fair-over-sex-trafficking-coverage-email-alleges/ |newspaper=Forbes}}

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