WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is criticizing Republicans ahead of her upcoming testimony in Congress’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

In a new interview, Clinton accused the Trump administration of covering up aspects of the probe. She said she does not remember meeting Epstein, and that any meetings her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had with the financier were related to charity work.

The comments come just a week before the Clintons are scheduled to testify behind closed doors on Capitol Hill.

“Other witnesses were asked to testify, they gave written statements under oath. We offered that,” Clinton said in the interview.

Click here to view all of the Epstein files that have been released so far.

The Clintons refused to appear for hearings last month and were threatened with contempt of Congress. In a BBC interview, Clinton accused Republicans of using the investigation as a political weapon.

“Why do they want to pull us into this? To divert attention from President Trump,” she said.

The Clintons and Trump had well-documented relationships with Epstein but have never been implicated in his criminal activity. The -president has continued to distance himself from Epstein as lawmakers pressure the Department of Justice to release additional documents.

“I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. They went in hoping that they’d find it and found just the opposite. I’ve been totally exonerated,” Trump said.

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California called the DOJ’s handling of the files a cover-up.

“The Department of Justice won’t release all of the files now, and many of them, you know, are redacted and only about 50% have come forward. It’s a cover-up job at the Department of Justice,” Swalwell said.

The scandal continues to make waves internationally. Thomas Pritzker, longtime executive chair of Hyatt Hotels, is stepping down after emails revealed he maintained contact with Epstein years after the financier’s sex crime convictions.

Calls are also growing for Casey Wasserman to resign as head of the 2028 Olympic planning board over his ties to Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

“My opinion is that he should step down,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said.

The Clintons’ testimony next week will be recorded on video, but both have urged the Republican majority to hold the hearing in public.

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