Bill Clinton vowed he had “no idea” of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes as he faced questions from members of Congress investigating the late sex offender’s offending. The former president was giving evidence to the House Oversight Committee on Friday over his connections to the disgraced paedophile financier from more than two decades ago. The closed-door deposition in Chappaqua, New York, marks the first time a former president has been compelled to testify to Congress. It comes a day after Mr Clinton’s wife, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, gave her her own deposition to lawmakers. ‘I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,’ Mr Clinton told them as he fumed at Republicans for dragging his wife to testify when she repeatedly told lawmakers she never met Epstein. Republicans were relishing the opportunity to scrutinise the former Democratic president, who appears in the Epstein files, under oath. Republican James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, before the former president’s deposition began, said: “No one’s accusing anyone of any wrongdoing but I think the American people …