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图说1/2：2025年12月18日，美国华盛顿众议院监督委员会民主党人公布的爱泼斯坦庄园照片显示，比尔·盖茨与一名身份被隐去的女子同框。图片来源：众议院监督委员会民主党人/路透社资料图片/手递稿
[1/2]2025年12月18日，美国华盛顿众议院监督委员会民主党人公布的爱泼斯坦庄园照片显示，比尔·盖茨与一名身份被隐去的女子同框。图片来源：众议院监督委员会民主党人/路透社资料图片/手递稿 购买授权，请点击新标签页
华盛顿，6月10日（路透社）—— 比尔·盖茨定于本周三前往国会，接受针对美国司法部处理杰弗里·爱泼斯坦案情况的调查，这凸显了这位亿万富翁与这名曾诱骗来自贫困或不稳定家庭的女性和女孩的定罪性性犯罪者之间的联系。
这位微软公司（MSFT.O）创始人将私下向众议院监督与政府改革委员会作证。该委员会正在调查针对爱泼斯坦及其同伙吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦的案件及相关问题中可能存在的联邦管理失当情况。
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美国众议院监督委员会共和党主席詹姆斯·科默曾在3月的一封信中要求盖茨亲自到场接受转录采访。
据《纽约时报》周二报道，盖茨聘请了杰克·格林伯格协助准备此次作证，后者曾于去年12月前担任该监督委员会的首席调查官。委员会发言人告诉路透社，自格林伯格离职以来，该委员会并未与他有过合作。
爱泼斯坦于2008年承认佛罗里达州一项重罪卖淫指控，并在狱中服刑13个月。
联邦检察官于2019年以未成年人性交易罪名起诉他。爱泼斯坦对这些指控拒不认罪，同年在审判前死于狱中，官方裁定其死因为自杀。
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美国司法部今年公布的文件显示，爱泼斯坦2008年出狱后，盖茨曾多次与其会面，讨论扩大这位科技大亨的慈善事业。
文件中还包括盖茨与多名面部被打码的女性合影的照片。盖茨此前曾表示，他与爱泼斯坦的往来仅限于与慈善相关的讨论，并承认与爱泼斯坦会面是一个错误。
盖茨基金会发言人对路透社表示，盖茨在2月份与基金会员工举行的市政厅会议上“为自己的行为承担了责任”。
盖茨与爱泼斯坦的关联也牵扯到了盖茨基金会。该基金会4月表示，已启动外部审查，调查其与这位已故金融家的往来。美国司法部1月公布的电子邮件也显示，爱泼斯坦与盖茨基金会工作人员存在沟通。
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众议院委员会的调查范围包括当局对调查和起诉的处理、认罪协议、爱泼斯坦之死、打击性 trafficking的疏漏、伦理担忧以及政府文件发布的拖延情况。
美国司法部公布的数百万份与爱泼斯坦相关的内部文件显示，他与政界、金融界、学术界和商界的众多知名人士存在关联，包括唐纳德·特朗普总统——后者在20世纪90年代和21世纪初曾与爱泼斯坦频繁社交。
前司法部长帕姆·邦迪今年4月被特朗普解雇，她因处理该案遭到尖锐批评，批评者指责她试图保护特朗普免受审查。
特朗普一直反对公布相关文件，直到国会以压倒性多数通过一项法律要求发布这些文件前不久，他才改变态度。
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Bill Gates to face US lawmakers in probe of Epstein case handling
2026-06-10 10:03:34 UTC / Reuters
By Nolan D. McCaskill
June 10, 2026 10:03 AM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
Item 1 of 2 Bill Gates appears with a woman, whose identity has been obscured, in this image from the Epstein estate released by House Oversight Committee Democrats in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
[1/2]Bill Gates appears with a woman, whose identity has been obscured, in this image from the Epstein estate released by House Oversight Committee Democrats in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – Bill Gates was scheduled to appear before Congress on Wednesday as it investigates the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, highlighting the billionaire’s contacts with the convicted sex offender who ensnared women and girls from poor or unstable backgrounds.
The Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) founder will testify privately to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is investigating possible federal mismanagement in the cases against Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell and related issues.
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U.S. Representative James Comer, the Republican committee chairman, asked Gates in a March letter to appear for an in-person transcribed interview.
Gates hired Jake Greenberg, who was the oversight panel’s chief investigative official until December, to help him prepare for the appearance, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. A committee spokesperson told Reuters the panel has not worked with Greenberg since his departure.
Epstein pleaded guilty to a Florida state felony prostitution charge in 2008 and served 13 months in jail.
Federal prosecutors charged him with sex trafficking of minors in 2019. Epstein pleaded not guilty to those charges and died in what was ruled a suicide later that year before his trial.
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Documents released by the Justice Department this year indicated that Gates and Epstein met repeatedly after Epstein’s 2008 prison term to discuss expanding the tech billionaire’s philanthropic efforts.
They also included pictures of Gates posing with females whose faces are redacted. Gates has previously said the relationship with Epstein was confined to philanthropy-related discussions and has said it was a mistake to meet with him.
Gates “took responsibility for his actions” in a February town hall meeting with employees of the Gates Foundation, a spokesperson for the philanthropic group told Reuters.
Gates’ relationship with Epstein has drawn in the Gates Foundation, which said in April it had begun an external review into its engagement with the late financier. Emails released in January by the U.S. Justice Department also showed communication between Epstein and the Gates Foundation’s staff.
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The House committee’s probe includes authorities’ handling of investigations and prosecutions, plea deals, Epstein’s death, failures to combat sex trafficking, ethics concerns and delays in the release of government files.
The Justice Department’s release of millions of internal documents related to Epstein revealed his ties to many prominent people in politics, finance, academia and business, including President Donald Trump, who socialized extensively with Epstein in the 1990s and 2000s.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi, fired by Trump in April, faced sharp criticism for her handling of the case, including accusations by critics that she tried to shield Trump from scrutiny.
Trump opposed releasing the files until shortly before Congress overwhelmingly passed a law ordering their release.
Reporting by Doina Chiacu and Nolan D. McCaskill; Editing by Cynthia Osterman
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