Bill Gates testified Epstein sought to blackmail him, transcript reveals

Microsoft founder Bill Gates told US members of Congress that the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had sought to “blackmail” him over his extramarital affairs, according to a transcript of the testimony.
The tech pioneer testified behind closed doors before the House Oversight Committee on June 10 regarding his friendship with the disgraced American financier, who died in prison in 2019 as he awaited trial for sex crimes.
According to the transcript released by the committee Tuesday, Gates spoke of “veiled” threats and said the sex offender had considered exploiting his own knowledge of Gates’s extramarital affairs to force him to remain in Epstein’s orbit, even as Gates was distanci...