Former President Bill Clinton reportedly personally asked that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell be included as guests at the 2002 wedding of Moroccan King Mohammed VI, a decision that reportedly raised alarms among Clinton’s own aides at the time, according to a report published Thursday by the New York Post.
The Post reported that Clinton requested permission to bring Epstein and Maxwell to the black-tie royal ceremony in Rabat despite neither having any official connection to the Moroccan monarchy. Sources told the outlet the request was viewed internally as inappropriate and has quietly circulated within Democratic circles for years.
“[Clinton] brought them as guests to a king’s wedding. I mean, it almost sounds made up,” one source familiar with the matter told the Post. “How many times in your life have you been invited as a guest of a guest at a wedding?”
According to the report, Clinton traveled to Morocco aboard Epstein’s private jet, known as the “Lolita Express,” accompanied by Epstein and Maxwell. Chelsea Clinton attended the wedding separately, while then-Sen. Hillary Clinton remained in Washington due to her schedule.
“[Former First Lady] Hillary was in the Senate, so she couldn’t go. Chelsea very much wanted to go, and the president very much wanted to go,” another source told the outlet. “The idea that they would take [Epstein] was a head-scratcher. But nonetheless, the Clinton office moved forward and made this request … to bring these two guests, and that’s what happened.”
Once in Rabat, Clinton, Epstein, and Maxwell were reportedly seated with King Mohammed VI during the wedding dinner. Sources said Chelsea Clinton later requested a group photograph that included her father, Epstein, and Maxwell.
At the time of the wedding, Epstein’s and Maxwell’s criminal conduct was not publicly known. Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, and Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for sex-trafficking conspiracy and related offenses.
The Clintons have consistently minimized the extent of their past relationship with Epstein, saying contact was cut off in 2005 — three years before Epstein pleaded guilty to state sex crimes in Florida. Clinton spokesman Angel Ureña told the Post that Clinton took four trips aboard Epstein’s jet between 2002 and 2003 and denied Clinton ever visited Epstein’s private island or residences.
“I don’t know how many times we need to say there was travel more than 20 years ago before he was cut off,” Ureña said, according to the outlet. “Apparently, we need to one more time. But nice try.”
The former president continues to downplay the significance of his ties to both Epstein and Maxwell.
The issue is resurfacing as congressional scrutiny intensifies. Both Bill and Hillary Clinton are scheduled to give depositions in January to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee regarding their connections to Epstein. The committee subpoenaed the Clintons in August, and Chairman James Comer warned that contempt proceedings would follow if they failed to appear or arrange testimony.
Photos released by Oversight Committee Democrats in December showed Epstein with prominent figures across politics and business, including President Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and Steve Bannon.
The Department of Justice is expected to release additional Epstein-related documents on Friday, further fueling public scrutiny of powerful figures who once moved in Epstein’s orbit.
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