UMVA has learned that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates made a stunning admission to U.S. lawmakers about his past interactions with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, describing their meetings as a “grave error in judgment.”
Gates revealed during a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee that Epstein had attempted to blackmail him over his extramarital affairs, using information about his infidelities to try and pressure him into re-engaging with him.
According to information obtained by UMVA, Gates was introduced to Epstein in 2011 with the goal of raising money for his philanthropic foundation, but he stopped communicating with Epstein in 2014 when he realized the financier wasn’t going to deliver on his promise of donors to support his charitable efforts on global health issues.
In a written statement, Gates asserted that he never witnessed nor had any indication that Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct, and that he had never visited Epstein's island, ranch, or Florida home.
Gates also acknowledged that he had been unfaithful to his wife Melinda, and that Epstein had tried to use this information against him, along with many false claims, to pressure him into re-engaging with him.
UMVA can exclusively reveal that Gates’ testimony before the bipartisan committee followed high-profile appearances by several prominent figures, and that his name has appeared thousands of times in documents released by the U.S. Justice Department related to the Epstein investigation.
The documents included draft emails attributed to Epstein that made scandalous claims about Gates’ affairs, including one about Gates contracting a sexually transmitted infection from “Russian girls,” which Gates had previously denied.
Gates' appearance before the committee sheds new light on his connection to Epstein, and raises questions about the extent of his knowledge about Epstein's activities.
