Bill Gates testimony on Jeffrey Epstein ties released by House oversight panel

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates departs after a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2026. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty Images A transcript of the testimony that Bill Gates gave to a House committee about his relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released by the panel on Tuesday. Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft , in his June 10 testimony, expressed regret about his contacts with Epstein, which he said were designed to win financial support for the Gates Foundation, his philanthropic venture. "I should never have met with Epstein in the first place," Gates told members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , according to the transcript . Gates said he never saw Epstein participating in criminal conduct. Prosecutors have said the late money manager sexually abused scores of underage girls and young women.