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微软创始人比尔·盖茨向国会成员表示，他认为杰弗里·爱泼斯坦试图利用盖茨的婚外情来获取影响力。
盖茨于6月10日在众议院监督委员会面前进行了近六小时的作证，该委员会正在调查政府对爱泼斯坦案件及其相关人员的处理情况。周二公布的作证 transcript 显示，盖茨表示他是在2011年通过一位名叫鲍里斯·尼科利奇的顾问结识爱泼斯坦的，彼时爱泼斯坦已因包括招揽未成年卖淫在内的指控在佛罗里达州法院认罪三年。盖茨称他最后一次与爱泼斯坦联系是在2015年，也就是爱泼斯坦因联邦性交易指控被捕并在狱中去世的四年前。
盖茨否认知晓爱泼斯坦当时的犯罪行为，但承认了解爱泼斯坦此前的法律纠纷。他表示自己对爱泼斯坦似乎知晓两段涉及年轻俄罗斯女性的婚外情感到惊讶——这两位女性分别是桥牌选手和核科学家，并承认爱泼斯坦曾一度要求就其中一段恋情报销数千美元。
“这些私情与我和爱泼斯坦的交往毫无关系，但它们给我的家人带来了痛苦，”盖茨说道。今年2月，盖茨就自己与爱泼斯坦的关联向盖茨基金会员工致歉。
盖茨表示自己并未被勒索，但告诉委员会，电子邮件显示爱泼斯坦或许正试图朝勒索的方向发展。他还承认了第三段婚外情，并在回应一名国会工作人员的提问时表示，他不知道爱泼斯坦和尼科利奇最初可能是通过这位女性相识的。
爱泼斯坦曾参与协商尼科利奇的离职方案；电子邮件显示，在盖茨与尼科利奇协商离职补偿时，爱泼斯坦似乎充当了中间人。
盖茨在开场陈述中表示，他和爱泼斯坦讨论过“与盖茨慈善基金相关的潜在捐赠结构”，但这些讨论“无果而终”。他称两人的关系是“判断上的严重失误”。
盖茨否认曾付钱给爱泼斯坦，并表示他们的对话主要围绕确定能够为全球健康事业捐款的富豪人士展开。
“正如公众现在从已公布的文件中看到的那样，爱泼斯坦除了编造诸多谎言之外，还试图利用我不忠的信息向我施压，让我重新与他来往，”盖茨说道，“他的这次尝试没有成功。”
他说两人当面会面约十几次，会面地点包括爱泼斯坦在纽约和巴黎的住宅，还有一次乘坐爱泼斯坦的专机从纽约飞往佛罗里达州。盖茨表示他们还进行过多次视频通话。
在作证后发布的一份声明中，盖茨表示：“我感谢今天有机会与众议院监督委员会会面并回答他们所有的问题。我支持公布所有文件，并希望我的参与有助于为受害者伸张正义。”
盖茨是在该委员会作证的几位亿万富翁之一，该委员会还采访了商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克和商人莱斯·韦克斯纳。预计本周晚些时候将采访投资者兼爱泼斯坦密友莱昂·布莱克。
预计下个月将接受采访的其他人包括高盛前高管、奥巴马政府白宫律师凯西·勒姆勒，哈佛大学法学院教授艾伦·德肖维茨以及摩根大通前高管杰斯·斯坦利。
Bill Gates said Epstein tried to use knowledge of his affairs “to pressure me”
June 24, 2026 / 12:49 PM EDT / CBS News
By Graham Kates Reporter
Graham Kates is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice, privacy issues and information security for CBS News Digital. Contact Graham at KatesG@cbsnews.com or grahamkates@protonmail.com
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates told members of Congress that he believes Jeffrey Epstein sought to leverage Gates’ extramarital affairs for influence.
Gates testified June 10 for nearly six hours before the House Oversight Committee, which is examining the government’s handling of the Epstein case and those with ties to him. A transcript of his testimony, released Tuesday, shows Gates said he became acquainted with Epstein in 2011, three years after Epstein entered a guilty plea in Florida state court for charges including soliciting a minor for prostitution, through an adviser named Boris Nikolic. Gates said he last had contact with Epstein in 2015, four years before Epstein’s arrest on federal sex trafficking charges and death in jail.
Gates denied knowing about Epstein’s ongoing criminal conduct, but acknowledged being aware of Epstein’s prior legal issues. He expressed surprise that Epstein appeared to know about two affairs involving young Russian women—a bridge player and a nuclear scientist—and acknowledged that Epstein had at one point requested several thousand dollars in reimbursements related to one of the women.
“These affairs had nothing to do with my interactions with Epstein, but they were painful for my family,” Gates said. In February, Gates apologized to staff at the Gates Foundation for his ties to Epstein.
Gates said he wasn’t blackmailed, but told the committee that emails suggest Epstein may have been attempting to move in that direction. He also admitted to a third affair and, in response to questions from a congressional staffer, said he was unaware that Epstein and Nikolic may originally have been connected through that woman.
Epstein was involved in negotiating an exit package for Nikolic; emails show he appeared to be acting as a middleman between the two as they negotiated severance.
Gates said in his opening statement that he and Epstein discussed “potential giving structures” related to Gates’ philanthropic fund, but the discussions “were a dead end.” He called their relationship a “grave error in judgment.”
Gates denied ever paying Epstein, stating that their conversations primarily centered on identifying wealthy individuals who could contribute to global health causes.
“As the public can now see based on what has been released in the files, Epstein was working to use information about my infidelities, in addition to many lies that he layered on top, to pressure me to reengage with him,” Gates said. “He was unsuccessful in this effort.”
He said they met in person roughly a dozen times, meetings that included visits to Epstein’s New York and Paris homes, and a flight on Epstein’s plane from New York to Florida. Gates said they also had several video calls.
In a statement released following his testimony, Gates said that he “appreciated the opportunity to meet with the House Oversight Committee today and to answer all of their questions. I support the release of all the files and hope my participation contributes to getting justice for the victims.”
Gates was one of several billionaires to testify before the committee, which also interviewed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and businessmen Les Wexner. It is expected to interview investor and Epstein confidant Leon Black later this week.
Others who are expected to be interviewed in the next month include former Goldman Sachs executive and Obama White House lawyer Kathy Ruemmler, and Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and former JPMorgan Chase executive Jes Staley.
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