Overview
- The Justice Department published the final Epstein files—more than 3 million pages—under the transparency law, including undated photos of Jeffrey Epstein with Bill Gates.
- The cache includes 2013 draft emails attributed to Epstein alleging Bill Gates contracted an STI from “Russian girls” and sought antibiotics to give Melinda surreptitiously.
- A spokesperson for Gates called the claims “absolutely absurd and completely false,” saying the drafts show Epstein’s attempts to entrap and defame him.
- In an NPR interview Tuesday, Melinda French Gates said the disclosures bring back painful memories and that those named, including her ex-husband, must answer.
- The DOJ emphasizes the materials are unverified investigative leads, inclusion does not indicate wrongdoing, and the disclosures have not produced new prosecutions.