Doug Band Exposes Bill Clinton's Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein

Doug Band, who spent nearly two decades as one of Bill Clinton’s closest aides and helped build Clinton’s post-presidential operation, gave a striking account of the former president’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Band said he had become wary of Epstein after traveling with Clinton on Epstein’s plane during a 2002 trip to Africa, describing Epstein as someone who made grandiose claims and gave him “bad vibes.” Band said he urged Clinton to distance himself from Epstein, but claimed Clinton continued to socialize with him and accept his support. Most explosively, Band alleged that Clinton visited Epstein’s private island, Little St. James, in January 2003, a claim Clinton’s representatives strongly denied and countered with travel records they said showed no such visit. Band also pointed to Clinton’s numerous trips aboard Epstein’s aircraft and Epstein’s $25,000 donation to the Clinton Foundation as evidence that the relationship did not simply end after the Africa trip.


after Epstein’s conduct had become publicly notorious. He said Chelsea Clinton maintained a friendship with Maxwell and invited her to her 2010 wedding, two years after Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting prostitution from a minor. Band claimed that in 2011 he instructed Clinton’s office to exclude Maxwell from future Clinton events because he wanted to sever that relationship, while a Clinton spokesperson said Chelsea had known Maxwell through a mutual friend and did not become aware of the serious allegations against her until later. The account was significant because Band was not an outsider speculating about Clinton’s social circle; he had functioned for years as Clinton’s gatekeeper, traveling companion and closest post-presidential aide. His claims therefore added another layer of scrutiny to the extent of Clinton’s relationship with Epstein and Maxwell, even as the Clinton camp forcefully disputed his most serious allegation about Little St. James.


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