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Bill Gates says Epstein sought to blackmail him over extramarital affairs (www.theguardian.com)

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The Microsoft founder Bill Gates told US members of Congress that the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had sought to “blackmail” him over his extramarital affairs, according to a transcript of the testimony.

The tech pioneer testified behind closed doors before the House oversight committee on 10 June regarding his friendship with Epstein, who died in prison in 2019 as he awaited trial for sex crimes.

According to the transcript released by the committee on Tuesday, Gates spoke of “veiled” threats and said Epstein had considered exploiting his own knowledge of Gates’s extramarital affairs to force him to remain in Epstein’s orbit, even as Gates was distancing himself from Epstein.

“I was not blackmailed, but you know, as you look at these emails, you know, it looks like Mr Epstein’s brainstorming was going in that direction,” Gates added, referring to documents from the Epstein case released in January by the US Department of Justice.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This reads like he wasn’t blackmailed but after reading what his buddy Jeff was saying to others behind his back he thinks blackmail was a topic of discussion.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Don't assume Bill Gates is telling the truth. He will be spinning it to make himself look as good as he can.