2026年6月10日 / 美国东部时间早上6:00 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
这位全球最富有的人之一将于周三出席调查杰弗里·爱泼斯坦及其同伙的国会听证会。
微软联合创始人比尔·盖茨将接受转录式问询，此前他与爱泼斯坦的关系曝光，撼动了他的慈善基金会。盖茨已于2月为自己与爱泼斯坦的牵连向盖茨基金会员工道歉，并表示两人的关系从2011年持续到2014年。
在3月受邀作证后，盖茨的一名发言人表示，他“欢迎有机会出席该委员会的听证会”。
该发言人表示：“尽管他从未目睹或参与过爱泼斯坦的任何非法行为，但他期待着回答委员会的所有问题，以支持他们开展的重要工作。”
2013年7月，爱泼斯坦给自己发送了两封邮件，其中包含未经证实的指控，称盖茨与俄罗斯女性发生婚外情，并因此患上需要抗生素治疗的性传播疾病。在其中一封邮件中，爱泼斯坦还声称盖茨曾试图“偷偷给”他当时的妻子梅琳达·盖茨抗生素。
盖茨的一名发言人今年1月对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，这些“说法完全荒谬，纯属虚假”。
《华尔街日报》今年2月报道称，盖茨在与员工的市政厅会议上承认，他“确实有过婚外情，一位是在桥牌赛事上结识的俄罗斯桥牌选手，另一位是通过商业活动结识的俄罗斯核物理学家”。
2017年的短信记录显示，爱泼斯坦与盖茨一名看似是其顾问的人士取得联系，试图向这位亿万富翁推销一个捐赠者建议基金——这是一种可免税的慈善工具，爱泼斯坦希望以此开展业务。
这名顾问告诉爱泼斯坦，盖茨对这个想法感兴趣，但梅琳达·盖茨不希望他与爱泼斯坦往来。两人于2021年离婚。
“他想和你谈谈，但他妻子不让他这么做，”这名顾问说道。一分钟后，该顾问在一系列短信中提到盖茨：“他喜欢你”“他问好”，还有“顺便说一句，他对这个捐赠者建议基金感到很遗憾。他原本觉得这是个好主意，但妻子不允许”。
盖茨只是最新一位被传唤至该委员会作证的亿万富翁，该委员会此前已经采访了商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克以及亿万富翁莱斯·韦克斯纳和莱昂·布莱克。
其他出席作证的人士包括前总统比尔·克林顿、前国务卿希拉里·克林顿、性贩运者吉斯莱恩·马克斯韦尔以及前司法部长帕姆·邦迪。
Bill Gates to appear today before House committee investigating Epstein
June 10, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News
One of the world’s wealthiest men will appear Wednesday before the congressional panel investigating Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will sit for the transcribed interview after revelations about his relationship with Epstein rocked his philanthropic foundation. Gates apologized in February to staff at the Gates Foundation for his ties to Epstein, and said their relationship lasted from 2011 through 2014.
After he was invited to testify in March, a spokesperson for Gates said he “welcomes the opportunity to appear before the Committee.”
“While he never witnessed or participated in any of Epstein’s illegal conduct, he is looking forward to answering all the committee’s questions to support their important work,” the spokesperson said.
In July 2013, Epstein sent himself a pair of emails containing unverified allegations that Gates had extramarital “sex with Russian girls” that resulted in a sexually transmitted infection requiring antibiotic treatment. In one email, Epstein claimed Gates also sought to “surreptitiously give” antibiotics to his then-wife, Melinda Gates.
A spokesperson for Gates told CBS News in January that the “claims are absolutely absurd and completely false.”
The Wall Street Journal reported in February that Gates admitted during a town hall with staff that he “did have affairs, one with a Russian bridge player who met me at bridge events, and one with a Russian nuclear physicist who I met through business activities.”
Text messages from 2017 show Epstein communicating with an apparent adviser to Gates, seeking to pitch the billionaire on a donor-advised fund, a tax-deductible charitable vehicle that Epstein wanted to operate.
The adviser told Epstein that Gates was interested in the idea, but said Melinda Gates didn’t want him to communicate with Epstein. The two divorced in 2021.
“He wants to talk to you but his wife won’t let him,” the adviser said. In a series of texts a minute later, the adviser said of Gates, “he loves you,” “he says hi,” and “he feels bad about the donor-advised fund btw He thought great idea but wife wouldn’t allow.”
Gates is just the latest billionaire to be called before the committee, which has already interviewed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and billionaires Les Wexner and Leon Black.
Others who have appeared include former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and former Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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