Hillary Clinton Confronts Rep. Lauren Boebert Over Secret Photo During Epstein Deposition

Excuse me, can I interrupt? I have other photos that are being released of the secretary as she is testifying from inside this room. Can you please advise me as to whether or not that's permissible and consistent with the rules, particularly given that we have asked for a public hearing? If there are photos that are being released of the secretary as she is testifying, can you please explain how that can occur? If you guys are doing that, I am done. You can hold me in contempt from now until the cows come home. This is just typical behavior. We will go off the record. Oh, for heaven's sake. So I would like to understand how that's permissible. It doesn't matter. We all are abiding by the same rules. I will take that down. Yeah, well, I would like to take a break at this moment. I'd like to have a conversation. I'm done for now. Go off the record. We'll go back on the record. The majority's time had approximately five minutes left, and I believe that the witness or her counsel would like to make a quick statement. Thank you so much. We'll just use the break, because we learned during the process of this hearing that the committee was violating its own rules in members tweeting and sharing pictures of what is going on inside this closed hearing, a hearing that we have asked repeatedly to be open to the public. Chairman Comer was gracious enough to engage with me on this matter. We asked specifically to invite the press in, since the committee had already made decisions on its own unilaterally, to release pictures and other things that are going on in this room, indicated that he wanted to speak to that himself directly. I'd like to just say, for the record, we find it unacceptable, we find it unprofessional, and we find it unfair. We are looking forward to this being conducted under the rules and being conducted consistent with the expectations of how members of Congress, I know, take this matter so seriously and do it in that vein. We would also like to just indicate as a practical reality that we are here in good faith. We are counting on the good faith of all the members. Thank you. Chairman Comer? I'd like to state, for the record, I've advised my members that no photos or videos during the deposition can be released. I understand the posted photo was taken before the deposition started. That will not happen again, and we will look forward to continue with the deposition. I'd like to make just a clarification there, Mr. Chairman. It was taken in this room after the witness sat down. It is not a basis that because she had not started speaking that it would be appropriate for there to have been a release of anything that was occurring in this room. And we have made clear that that's not allowed. And I will also say we were disappointed that the secretary's open statement was leaked to the press before she even gave her open statement. So the secretary's statement was not leaked to the press. It was provided, as with other witnesses, including Mr. Wexner, who provided his before giving, And so what we don't want is the secretary to be treated any differently than other witnesses. That seems to be a consistent pattern, and we would love that pattern not to continue. We've gone to great lengths to make all the accommodation that you all have requested. So we will, again, the members have been advised. That is unacceptable. So we look forward to continuing the deposition. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate you addressing it. Thank you, Member Garcia. Thank you. I just want to add, it's completely unacceptable that Oversight Republicans and its members in this moment chose to violate both committee rules and the agreement that they negotiated directly with Secretary Clinton. Now, the Clintons requested a public hearing specifically to avoid this exact situation. Now, Secretary Clinton has offered to continue speaking throughout the deposition if we also allow the press to come in and on the record. Now, the majority has continued to refuse this. I want to make very clear for the record that Oversight Democrats agree today they should be allowed into the deposition. That's been our position from day one. Thank you. And with that, the majority will conclude its first hour. We'll go off the record.