Overview
- The House Oversight Committee released a June transcript that shows Bill Gates told lawmakers on June 10 that Jeffrey Epstein appeared to be considering using details of Gates’s extramarital affairs as leverage even though Gates says he was never actually blackmailed.
- Gates acknowledged three affairs in the closed‑door interview and identified the women by name when pressed by investigators, saying the revelations were painful for his family but unrelated to his interactions with Epstein.
- Documents the committee is using include a July 18, 2013 draft email found in the DOJ files that Epstein wrote about Gates’s private life, and Gates pointed to his former adviser Boris Nikolic as a likely link between him and Epstein.
- Gates told investigators he met Epstein roughly 12 to 14 times plus two video calls between 2011 and 2014, said their talks focused on philanthropy, and acknowledged the Gates Foundation has launched an external review of past Epstein contacts.
- The Oversight probe continues to comb DOJ‑released Epstein materials and witness interviews to map Epstein’s network, and the Justice Department earlier said it found no credible evidence that Epstein successfully blackmailed prominent people.