New Facts: Bill Gates Admits Epstein Pressured Him

On June 10, Bill Gates testified behind closed doors to the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill. He told lawmakers he “did not fully understand the extent” of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, called meeting him a “grave error in judgment,” and said Epstein pressured him using knowledge of his personal affairs.

Video from WQOW showed Gates arriving at the Capitol for the session. The New York Times reported he retained Jake Greenberg, the committee’s former top investigative counsel, to advise on his testimony.

The committee is also interviewing Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime executive assistant, Lesley Groff. She served as Epstein’s executive assistant from 2001 to 2019 and was expected to testify on June 9 as part of the inquiry.

Epstein, a convicted sex offender, was arrested in 2019, the same year Groff’s tenure ended. ABC News noted Gates is the latest high-profile figure linked to Epstein to face questioning in the committee’s “Epstein files” probe.

Separately, the New York Times Magazine reported on June 10 that last summer top White House advisers met as pressure mounted on the Trump administration to release Epstein-related materials.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources