Bill Gates Testifies Before House Panel on Jeffrey Epstein Files
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is scheduled to appear Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee for a closed-door interview about his past association with Jeffrey Epstein. The session follows the release of Justice Department documents that reference calendar entries, emails and photos linking the two men between 2011 and 2014.
upi.comMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates will appear Wednesday before a congressional panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files. The House Oversight Committee is scheduled to interview the billionaire behind closed doors, following the same format used for other witnesses. Transcripts are often released later.
Background on the Documents The Justice Department released a trove of documents that include calendar entries for meetings between Gates and Epstein, email correspondence about philanthropic projects, and photos of Gates at events Epstein also attended.
Their professional relationship began in 2011, three years after Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting prostitution from a minor, and lasted until at least late 2014, according to the documents. Epstein was federally indicted in July 2019 on charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.
He died by suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial.
Gates has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein and has denied any knowledge of Epstein’s abuse of girls. ” Both Gates and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, have said his association with Epstein created tension in their marriage.
” They never created a charitable fund together, and the foundation made no payments to Epstein. Foundation CEO Mark Suzman commissioned an external review in March to examine its past engagement with Epstein.
At another closed-door deposition in February, former President Bill Clinton faced more than six hours of questioning from lawmakers about his association with Epstein more than two decades ago. Epstein had visited the White House several times during Clinton’s presidency, and Clinton flew occasionally on Epstein’s private jet.
