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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