June 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 10: Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates walks through security as he arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. The committee is continuing to hold closed-door interviews as part of their investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday said that he “never victimized anyone” as he faced questioning from US lawmakers over his ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Gates, one of the world’s richest men and a leading philanthropist, was appearing before the House Oversight Committee for a transcribed interview about the disgraced financier, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls.
“I never witnessed nor had any indication that Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct. I never went to his island, his ranch, or his Florida home. I have never victimized anyone,” Gates said in prepared testimony to the closed-door hearing that was posted on his personal website.
