Bill Gates to appear today before House committee investigating Epstein

Politics Bill Gates to appear today before House committee investigating Epstein By Graham Kates 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 Read Full Bio Graham Kates June 10, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google 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, seeki...