{"id":20063,"date":"2026-04-10T14:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/20063\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:18:27","slug":"bill-gates-to-appear-before-house-oversight-committee-as-part-of-epstein-probe-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/20063\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates to appear before House Oversight Committee as part of Epstein probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bill Gates | Courtesy: CBS<\/p>\n

Washington\u00a0\u2014 Bill Gates will appear before the House Oversight Committee for a transcribed interview as part of the panel\u2019s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, according to a source familiar with the plans.<\/p>\n

The Microsoft co-founder is scheduled for questioning on June 10, the source said.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Gates said he \u201cwelcomes the opportunity to appear before the Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile he never witnessed or participated in any of Epstein\u2019s illegal conduct, he is looking forward to answering all the committee\u2019s questions to support their important work,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the panel\u2019s Republican chairman,\u00a0wrote\u00a0to Gates on March 3 requesting he appear for the interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to public reporting, documents released by the Department of Justice, and documents obtained by the Committee, the Committee believes you have information that will assist in its investigation,\u201d Comer wrote at the time.<\/p>\n

Gates, who is one of the world\u2019s wealthiest people,\u00a0apologized\u00a0in February to the staff of his philanthropic Gates Foundation for his ties to Epstein. He said their relationship lasted from 2011 through 2014.<\/p>\n

Washington\u00a0\u2014 Bill Gates will appear before the House Oversight Committee for a transcribed interview as part of the panel\u2019s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, according to a source familiar with the plans.<\/p>\n

The Microsoft co-founder is scheduled for questioning on June 10, the source said.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Gates said he \u201cwelcomes the opportunity to appear before the Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile he never witnessed or participated in any of Epstein\u2019s illegal conduct, he is looking forward to answering all the committee\u2019s questions to support their important work,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the panel\u2019s Republican chairman,\u00a0wrote\u00a0to Gates on March 3 requesting he appear for the interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to public reporting, documents released by the Department of Justice, and documents obtained by the Committee, the Committee believes you have information that will assist in its investigation,\u201d Comer wrote at the time.<\/p>\n

Gates, who is one of the world\u2019s wealthiest people,\u00a0apologized\u00a0in February to the staff of his philanthropic Gates Foundation for his ties to Epstein. He said their relationship lasted from 2011 through 2014.<\/p>\n

Epstein wanted to pitch Gates on a donor-advised fund, a tax-deductible charitable vehicle that Epstein wanted to operate, but it never materialized.<\/p>\n

Text messages\u00a0from 2017 released by congressional investigators in November show Epstein communicating with an apparent adviser to Gates about the proposal.<\/p>\n

The adviser said Gates was interested in the idea, but said Melinda Gates didn\u2019t want him to communicate with Epstein. The two divorced in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants to talk to you but his wife won\u2019t let him,\u201d the adviser said. In a series of texts a minute later, the adviser said of Gates, \u201che loves you,\u201d \u201che says hi,\u201d and \u201che feels bad about the [donor advised fund] btw He thought great idea but wife wouldn\u2019t allow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gates is the latest in a procession of famous and powerful figures to sit for depositions before the Oversight Committee\u2019s Epstein investigators.<\/p>\n

Others who have appeared include former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, billionaire Les Wexner and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/p>\n

The committee has also requested interviews with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, former White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler and Doug Band, Bill Clinton\u2019s longtime aide. Lutnick is scheduled to appear on May 6.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bill Gates | Courtesy: CBS Washington\u00a0\u2014 Bill Gates will appear before the House Oversight Committee for a transcribed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[651,1152,8222,664],"class_list":{"0":"post-20063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bill-gates","8":"tag-bill-gates","9":"tag-house-oversight-committee","10":"tag-interview","11":"tag-jeffrey-epstein"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116380850002831163","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}