The billionaire testified to Congress about his relationship with the late convicted sex offender.
The Microsoft co-founder spent hours talking to lawmakers behind closed doors, where he also said Epstein used his marital infidelities to pressure him.
In prepared remarks, Gates told the House Oversight Committee that meeting Epstein was a 'grave error in judgment'.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Wednesday that he “never victimised anyone”, as he faced questioning from US lawmakers over his ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Gates, one of the world’s richest men and a leading philanthropist, was appearing before the House Oversight Committee for a transcribed interview about the disgraced financier, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges involving underage girls. “I never witnessed nor had...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates appeared before Congress to testify over Epstein files
The Microsoft co-founder has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of his former associate's illegal activity.