The focus of today and tomorrow's hearings is the Clintons, but questions keep arising about Trump's connection to Epstein.

Democrats say that forcing the high-profile Democrats to testify before the Republican-led committee means that Trump should also now be made to appear for a deposition.

Trump is mentioned thousands of times in the unredacted Epstein documents. The president, who used to consider Epstein a friend, has repeatedly said he had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes.

Republicans say Trump already has answered many questions about Epstein, and Trump has claims to have been "totally exonerated" by the release of the files.

New questions have arisen about Trump's relationship with Epstein. The released documents also include a list compiled by the FBI last year of allegations made against Trump by callers to its national Threat Operation Center tip line.

The list includes numerous allegations of sexual abuse made against Trump, Epstein and other high-profile figures. Many of these appear to be based on unverified tips and often no supporting evidence is included.

US media have reported that multiple witness interviews are missing from the released files, including some relating to a woman who accused Trump of sexual assault. Democrats who have viewed the unredacted files allege three witness interviews with the accuser have been withheld.

In a statement, the justice department denied wrongdoing and said it was reviewing the withheld documents. It said it would publish any that are found to have been improperly removed.

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Former President Bill Clinton is due to appear before the Oversight Committee on Friday, for a hearing that should be equally lengthy.

The former Democratic president appears several times in Epstein file photos, including some of the two men together.

Committee members say that they expect that deposition to take even longer than the one held today, in which Hillary Clinton referred several questions to her husband.

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The former secretary of state ends her short comments to reporters saying she wants the transcript and video of her deposition to be released as soon as possible.

The committee previously pledged to release the transcript ASAP.

Clinton is asked why Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell was at her daughter, Chelsea's wedding in 2010.

She says Maxwell, currently serving a prison sentence for sex trafficking, was a plus-one of another guest, repeating an explanation she has given in earlier statements.

In a statement to the committee last month, she said Maxwell had a personal relationship with a mutual friend.

Hillary Clinton is asked if she is confident about her husband's planned testimony tomorrow.

She reiterates that Bill Clinton's relationship with Epstein ended long before he was charged and before he was given a "sweetheart deal" after being arrested in Florida for soliciting a minor for prostitution.

Like most people who knew him, she says, Bill Clinton was unaware of his evil deeds.

She adds that some of Epstein's crimes could have been prevented if he did not receive that plea deal.

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Clinton says the hearing was very repetitive and that the committee has missed its chance for her to testify publicly.

She will not be doing this again, she says.

Hillary Clinton says the deposition got unusual at the end when she was asked about UFOs and the Pizzagate conspiracy theory which she describes as "vile".

The conspiracy came up during the 2016 presidential election and involved falsehoods about a paedophilia ring linked to members of the Democratic Party being run out of a Washington, DC pizza restaurant.

She says, in her opinion, the best exchange came at the end of the deposition: She criticised the Republican members for not asking any other person they have deposed about Epstein or his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Clinton says she commends Chairman James Comer for raising a series of significant questions about the nature of the investigation, and for hearing her out about the areas she thinks need to be explored.

"I appreciated that. I want to see the truth come out, so that was a reassuring way to end a very long, repetitive deposition."

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Clinton says that she was "disappointed" that the testimony was not made public, "so I wouldn't have to be out here characterising it for you".

She also criticises the rule violation, after a congresswoman took a photo of Clinton, which was posted on social media shortly afterwards.

She said this led her team to pause the hearing, to ensure that lawmakers would not violate other rules

We are now hearing from Clinton.

She says she answered every one of their questions as fully as she could based on what she knew, which she also wrote about in her opening statement shared ahead of the hearing.

She adds that she never knew Epstein, and only knew Maxwell as a casual acquaintance.

Dusk is falling on Chappaqua Performing Arts Center and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is speaking to the press after marathon session with the US House Oversight Committee.

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Chairman Comer is asked whether the Clinton Global Initiative was the focus today.

He says questions for Hillary Clinton were specific and that she was a senator at the time the Global Initiative was established.

He reiterates that Clinton told the committee that they would have to ask her husband.

"We have a lot of questions for her husband tomorrow, and I'm confident the deposition will last even longer than this one," he says about tomorrow's plan to interview former president Bill Clinton.

Rep Anna Paulina Luna says Republicans asked the victims about any allegations against President Trump and they exonerated him.

Rep John McGuire jumps in to laud Trump's efforts at closing the border and reducing human trafficking.

Republican lawmakers are taking questions now.

Asked why they won't call Trump to testify, committee chairman James Comer says Trump has answered hundreds or thousands of questions about Epstein and was part of the release of the files.

He emphasises that this was a bipartisan effort and repeats that it took seven months to get the former president and first lady to come.

Comer also adds that the committee is watching developments in UK as it relates to fallout from the Epstein saga.

Pennsylvania Republican Scott Perry says one thing he learned today is that if you want to know anything about the Clintons' relationship with Epstein, or about the Clinton Global Initiative, you have to ask Bill Clinton.

Another lawmaker chimed in to add: "The number of times that she said, 'I don't know, you'll have to ask my husband' was more than a dozen".

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, who questioned Clinton today, says there are more people "we need to haul to the Oversight Committee".

The committee has "a lot more work to do", and the list of names of people to be interviewed includes "potential witnesses or victims or potential predators", she says.

She adds that she wants all perpetrators to be held accountable to the full extent of the law.

The Clinton deposition has concluded and House Oversight committee chairman James Comer is talking to reporters.

He says it is a "shame" it took seven months to set up but Hillary Clinton answered most their questions. They will work to release the video within 24 hours and the transcript will be released as soon as her attorneys approve it, said Comer.

There were a lot of questions asked and there were some answers they were not satisfied with, he says.

While we wait for proceedings to wrap up today, you might be wondering why this is all happening at an arts centre in New York's Hudson Valley and not at the US Capitol.

Both Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton's depositions today and tomorrow are being held near their home in Chappaqua, New York, at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, which is about 37 miles north of New York City.

The committee is not required to hold depositions at the US Capitol, and has said it agreed to hold the Clintons' in upstate New York to accommodate their schedules.

Similarly, US billionaire Les Wexner's deposition last week was held in his home state of Ohio, where lawmakers travelled to attend.

A microphone remains set up outside the building and we're hoping to hear from committee members or perhaps even the former secretary of state herself.

Stand by.

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After Hilary Clinton's testimony today, and with her husband, former Democratic President Bill Clinton, set to address the Republican-led House Oversight Committee tomorrow, should we expect to see top Republican figures also called to speak?

The Clintons's former adviser Richard Goodstein doesn't think so.

"There is zero chance that these Republicans controlling Congress will call any Republican to task for responding to their dealings with Epstein," he tells the BBC.

"It's sad, but I think that's the fact," he continues. "Nobody should hold their breath on any Republican being asked about their relationship with Epstein, that's sadly not on the cards."

As a reminder, the House Oversight Committee is one of the most powerful bodies in Congress.

As Republicans are in the majority in the House, the party holds the majority on this committee with 25 Republican representatives, including its chairman James Comer of Kentucky. There are also 21 Democrats that sit alongside them, led by Robert Garcia.