The 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 10 June regarding his friendship with Epstein, who died in prison in 2019 as he awaited trial for sex crimes.
According to the transcript released by the committee on Tuesday, Gates spoke of “veiled” threats and said Epstein had considered exploiting his own knowledge of Gates’s extramarital affairs to force him to remain in Epstein’s orbit, even as Gates was distancing himself from Epstein.
“I was not blackmailed, but you know, as you look at these emails, you know, it looks like Mr Epstein’s brainstorming was going in that direction,” Gates added, referring to documents from the Epstein case released in January by the US Department of Justice.
I don’t care what he or his PR says.
Everyone on the Epstein list is very likely part of a massive criminal group that trafficked children and abused them and killed them. All of their communications and finances for the last 40 years should be closely investigated and made public.
People with massive wealth are a danger to society.
Honestly the longer the guilty go unpunished the less I give a fuck about who is and isn’t guilty or to what degree.
Like the people adjacent to this and protecting them better figure the fuck out sooner than later, for their sake.