Did Hillary Clinton say that she would leave the U.S. if Jeffrey Epstein's client list was released? No, that's not true: As of December 2, 2024, there is no record of Hillary Clinton having made such an announcement on her social media channels or website, and major media outlets did not report such a quote. Court documents naming many of the financier's alleged associates were already unsealed in January 2024.
The claim appeared in a post shared to X on November 26, 2024, (archived here) with a caption that read:
🚨BREAKING:
Hillary Clinton says she will leave the United States if Elon Musk releases the Epstein Client List.
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Below is how the post looked on X at the time of this writing:
(Source: X screenshot taken Thurs Nov 27 02:05:34 2024 UTC)
There is no evidence of Hillary Clinton having said she would leave the U.S. if Musk released the "Epstein Client List."
Presumably, this "client list" refers to 950 pages (archived here) of court documents (archived here) that identified the financier sex offender's associates. The records were unsealed in January 2024 (archived here) as part of a civil suit against Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell. They included the names of dozens of people connected to the late sex offender, including Bill Clinton, and mentioned Hillary Clinton's name.
The account that shared the claim she will leave the U.S. did not provide any evidence to support Hillary Clinton having made such a statement, such as where or when it was supposedly said or a link to a record.
Lead Stories searched Hillary Clinton's social media history and found no such statement. An advanced search of her X account (archived here) returned none that establish Hillary Clinton announced plans to leave the country if the client list was released.
Similarly, a search of Hillary Clinton's posts on Facebook for the keywords "Jeffrey Epstein client list" returned many results, none of which show Hillary Clinton said she'll leave the U.S.
Using keywords, Lead Stories also searched Google News, an online archive of thousands of reputable media outlets and their reporting (archived here). Many reports about the Epstein case were returned, including items about unsealing of the documents or other significant events related to Epstein and Maxwell's court cases. None of them, however, provided evidence that Hillary Clinton said she would leave the country if Musk released the client list.
Lead Stories also conducted a Google search (archived here) using keywords from the post, including "Hillary Clinton," "Jeffrey Epstein," and "client list." Again, many outlets covered the unsealed list in January 2024, but none corroborated the claim that Hillary Clinton would leave the U.S. if it were released.
A search of announcements on The Office of Hillary Rodham Clinton's website (archived here) likewise did not show evidence that Hillary Clinton said she would leave the U.S. if the list were released.
Lead Stories articles on claims involving Hillary Clinton can be read here.
Other Lead Stories fact checks on claims involving Jeffrey Epstein can be read here.
