Tech billionaire Bill Gates told lawmakers on June 10 that he should not have met with Jeffrey Epstein, but never witnessed criminal conduct from the convicted sex offender.
Gates, 70, told the House of Representatives Oversight Committee in an opening statement that he “should never have met with Epstein in the first place,” but that he “never witnessed nor had any indication that Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct.”
The founder of Microsoft said he was introduced to Epstein through people involved in his professional and philanthropic work and was drawn in by Epstein’s claims that he could help raise billions of dollars for global health initiatives. Their relationship began in 2011, three years after Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting prostitution from a minor….