WASHINGTON, D.C. — Journalist Megyn Kelly released a decades-old photograph of former President Bill Clinton on Thursday, alleging “inappropriate” behavior just hours before the 42nd president appeared before the House Oversight Committee to testify regarding his past ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The image, dated to 1999, was presented by Kelly as evidence of a pattern of conduct she claims remained unchanged despite Clinton’s impeachment following the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Allegations of ‘Hound Dog Behavior’
During the February 27 episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, Kelly displayed a photograph featuring Clinton alongside two of her personal friends, Meg Florence and Abby Rittman. According to Kelly, the image was captured at the Bombay Club in Washington, D.C., during the final years of the Clinton presidency.
Kelly alleged that the photo depicts the then-president “looking down the chest” of Florence while his hand was positioned on Rittman’s side. The journalist noted that the encounter reportedly took place while Hillary and Chelsea Clinton were present in the same restaurant.
“Bill was not shamed at all—after the Monica Lewinsky scandal—out of his hound dog behavior, to put it mildly,” Kelly told her audience. While she clarified that the behavior captured in the photo did not constitute a crime, she argued it served as a character indictment of a leader who was “not chastised at all” by the political and legal fallout of his 1998 impeachment.
Clinton Denies Wrongdoing in Epstein Deposition
The timing of the photo’s release coincided with a pivotal moment for the Clinton family’s legacy. Both Bill and Hillary Clinton were summoned to testify this week before the House Oversight Committee concerning their historical associations with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
In a forceful opening statement on Friday, the former president distanced himself from Epstein’s criminal enterprise. “I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” Clinton declared.
To bolster his defense, Clinton referenced his own personal history, stating, “As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing—I would have turned him in myself.”
Discrepancies in Testimony
While Bill Clinton has previously acknowledged a social relationship with Epstein in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Hillary Clinton’s testimony on Thursday appeared to downplay any direct connection. The former Secretary of State claimed she did not “recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein,” despite public records and flight logs suggesting several points of intersection between the financier and the Clintons’ social circles during that era.
To date, neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton has been charged with any crime related to Epstein’s trafficking ring. Legal experts suggest the House Oversight Committee’s current inquiry is focused on the extent of Epstein’s influence within high-level political circles and whether any intelligence or security breaches occurred during his years of operation.
The Road Ahead
The House Oversight Committee is expected to review the transcripts from the Clinton depositions over the coming weeks. As investigators continue to piece together the timeline of Epstein’s associations, the public release of archival materials—like those shared by Kelly—adds to the intensifying scrutiny of the 1990s political elite.
The committee has not yet announced if further subpoenas will be issued for associates of the Clinton Foundation or former White House staff.
