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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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[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not siding with any of them. The whole thing is despicable. But wasn’t blackmail the whole point?

Something so horrible that the rich and powerful would burn society to keep it secret? Having that kind of leverage on these creeps would be very advantageous for the even creepier creeps.

[–] bigfish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

I'll take "How Trump is maintaining his strangle hold on the Republican party, for $200 Alex"

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 5 points 1 day ago

I think the kompromat is what allowed them to function. None of them could move against epatein because he had evidence of their involvement.