Bill Gates Testifies Epstein Tried to Blackmail Him, Transcript Shows

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WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 10: Microsoft co‑founder Bill Gates passed security checkpoints as he headed to a closed‑door hearing before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill. The committee is conducting a series of private interviews in its investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

According to a transcript of the testimony, Gates told members of Congress that the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had attempted to blackmail him over his extramarital affairs.

On June 10, Gates gave a closed‑door testimony to the House Oversight Committee about his friendship with the disgraced financier, who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex crimes.

The transcript released by the committee on Tuesday shows Gates describing “veiled” threats and stating that Epstein had contemplated