Gates struck up a friendship with Epstein in 2011 after the financier promised he could help raise billions of dollars for global public health initiatives.

Dr. Melanie S. Walker started working for Gates's foundation in 2006 after striking up a relationship with Microsoft exec Steven Sinofsky.

Billionaire Bill Gates told members of the House Oversight Committee that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and that Epstein attempted to use information about his…