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He didn't.
Both the “From” and “To” fields list Epstein’s personal Gmail address. The message appears to be a draft, written during a period when Epstein’s relationship with Gates had deteriorated. In it, Epstein alleges that Gates asked him to delete messages related to an STD. But the document does not show Gates making that request, nor does it provide independent confirmation that any of the claims are true.
This is one of the difficulties with these releases - assessing the credibility of the information in each document is difficult. In this case, what you've just revealed might be obvious to anyone reviewing the actual document, but clearly no one is bothered doing that, and just assumes someone else will.
As the accusations pile up and no one does anything about any of it, the prevailing assumption is that none of it is reliable - of course the reality is that there must be dozens of identifiable witnesses who have or will provide testimony.
If I were the Trump Admin's PR boss, I'd probably be making posts containing fake Epstein documents, just to undermine the credibility of anything claiming to be an Epstein release.
Like all the incredibly salacious but unsubstantiated docs from when he was running for or already president that were included in this dump. Poison the well so none of it gets taken for truth.