Hillary Clinton’s closed-door deposition about Jeffrey Epstein took a turn into the truly unhinged on Thursday when Republican lawmakers started grilling her about UFOs and “Pizzagate.”

The former first lady, 78, told reporters after her testimony before the House Oversight Committee that she repeatedly denied knowing Epstein—then watched the hearing go completely off the rails.

“I don’t know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein, I never went to his island. I never went to his homes. I never went to his offices,” Clinton said outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in New York.

Clinton: It then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate. One of the most vile bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet. pic.twitter.com/Iu5flxaCqK

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 26, 2026

“It then got, at the end, quite unusual, because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about ‘Pizzagate,’ one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet that was serving as the basis of a member’s questions to me.”

For those who’ve mercifully forgotten: Pizzagate is the unhinged 2016 hoax claiming Clinton and Democratic elites ran a child sex-trafficking ring out of a D.C. pizza restaurant. A gunman opened fire at the pizzeria that year. He was killed by North Carolina police in a traffic stop just last year.

This is what passes for congressional oversight in 2026.

The deposition also briefly descended into chaos when Rep. Lauren Boebert leaked a photo of the closed-door hearing to right-wing influencer Benny Johnson, who posted it on Twitter.

“Clinton does not look happy,” Johnson wrote. “Photo provided by Rep. Lauren Boebert.”

The leak violated House rules that were read aloud at the start of the meeting. Clinton’s spokesperson Nick Merrill stepped out to address the media about the breach, and Clinton later said she found it “very upsetting, because it suggested that they might violate other of our agreements.”

Boebert responded by posting that “Benny did nothing wrong”—conveniently omitting that she was the one who broke the rules by sending him the photo in the first place.

Clinton had previously blasted the committee for “partisan political theater” but said she answered every question as “fully” as she could. She also expressed frustration that lawmakers refused to hold a public hearing.

“It was disappointing that they refused to hold a public hearing so I wouldn’t have to be out here characterizing it for you. You could have seen it for yourself.”

Clinton released her full opening statement on social media. 

Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today. pic.twitter.com/NZSF2epcI5

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 26, 2026

Neither Hillary nor Bill Clinton has been accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein. Bill Clinton is scheduled to testify Friday.