Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates testified that Jeffrey Epstein attempted to use compromising information about Gates’ extramarital affairs to force his way back into the billionaire's life after Gates tried to sever ties, according to a transcript of a closed-door congressional session released this week. Appearing before the House Oversight Committee on June 10 as part of an ongoing probe into the government's handling of the Epstein investigations, Gates clarified that while Epstein never explicitly threatened him, the disgraced financier used an adviser to send "veiled" threats and appeared to brainstorm blackmail strategies.

Bill Gates told a House panel that Jeffrey Epstein attempted to use compromising information about Gates' extramarital affairs to force his way back into Gates' life.

"I should never have met with Epstein in the first place," Bill Gates told members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.