Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has provided a detailed and candid account of his interactions with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to the US House Oversight Committee, confirming for the first time that Epstein attempted to use details of his private life to exert pressure.
In a transcript released by the committee on 23 June 2026, stemming from a closed-door deposition held on 10 June, Gates identified the specific individuals caught up in the financier's alleged extortion scheme.
