In 1975, Hillary (then Rodham) Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State and First Lady, defended 41-year-old Thomas Alfred Taylor, who was accused by the State of Arkansas of raping a 12-year-old girl. Clinton filed a motion for a psychiatric evaluation of the victim and used that to successfully negotiate a plea deal. Taylor was sentenced to one year in a county jail and four years of probation.
“I have been informed that the complainant is emotionally unstable with a tendency to seek out older men and engage in fantasizing … [and] that she has in the past made false accusations about persons, claiming they had attacked her body,” wrote Clinton in an affidavit filed in support of her motion. She also cited an expert in child psychology she had consulted, stating, “children in early adolescence tend to exaggerate or romanticize sexual experiences and that adolescents with disorganized families, such as the complainant’s, are even more prone to such behavior.”
Clinton testified yesterday to the House Oversight Committee in a closed door deposition that is promised to be made public. She told reporters afterwards, “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 home, I never went to his offices.” She said the hearing veered off course by the end, with Republicans questioning her about UFOs and the pizza gate child sex-trafficking conspiracy.
What About the Rothschilds?
It’s unlikely that the Committee questioned Clinton about a November 2013 email from Olivier Colom, an international advisor for Edmond de Rothschild, to Epstein. Colom asked Epstein, “Could you organise a discreet meeting between Sarko and Hillary Clinton in NY? If not, who should we ask?” Clinton had already resigned as Secretary of State at that point while Nicolas Sarkozy had been voted out as President of France. The email chain goes on to discuss logistics, with Colom writing, “Might come soon to NY and Wash – for contacts with US dept of Justice and Treasury.”
Colom was a close friend and networker of Epstein, acting as an adviser under Sarkozy. He was also discovered to be a consultant to far right leader Marine Le Pen. Most importantly, Colom served on the executive committee of the Edmond de Rothschild Group from 2013 to 2016. The group is owned by the Rothschild family and is a Swiss banking conglomerate, managing more than $200 billion in assets in 2024. CEO Ariane de Rothschild appears thousands of times in the Epstein Files and seemed to have a close relationship with the convicted sex trafficker.
The Rothschilds have been in the banking business since the 16th century and are among the wealthiest people on the planet. The family’s business ties to Epstein are well established and they seemingly played an integral role in his international money laundering and espionage schemes.
They are staunch supporters of the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation, with Lynn Forester de Rothschild writing an op-ed piece defending the Clintons against allegations that the Foundation accepted donations from foreign businesses and governments with business before the U.S. State Department during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State. Forester was one of two billionaire Rothschilds who donated to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. The Hillary Victory Fund raised at least $473 million and received donations from more than a dozen billionaires.
Why was Epstein asked to arrange a meeting for Hillary Clinton? According to this email from 2015 he was close to her. Or he at least knew her well, according to this email from 2012.
Clinton’s husband, President Bill Clinton, is set to appear before the House Oversight Committee today.