Bill Gates told U.S. lawmakers he believed Jeffrey Epstein might have been considering blackmailing him, according to transcripts released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee.
In closed-door testimony June 10, Gates disputed details that Epstein recorded in emails to himself regarding the Microsoft co-founder’s extramarital affairs. He said Epstein, a disgraced financier and sex offender who died in a New York jail in 2019, was potentially trying to use that information, including “literally dozens of false things,” for leverage.
“I was not blackmailed,” Gates told the committee, but “as you look at these emails, you know, it looks like Mr. Epstein’s brainstorming was going in that direction.”
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