Bill Gates walked into the Capitol on Wednesday for the Epstein questioning that has been hanging over him for years.
The Microsoft co-founder did not give a long hallway speech. He went behind closed doors.
Gates appeared June 10, 2026, for a transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee as part of its ongoing Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
June 10, 2026, at 8:50am ET: Bill Gates arrives on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Oversight Cmte. behind closed doors as part of their Epstein probe: "I'm glad to be here voluntarily to testify, to help with the committee's work. I'll start with an opening statement in… https://t.co/2T3lsCYbb1 pic.twitter.com/tXG8QYzrhB
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) June 10, 2026
That matters because Oversight is not treating Epstein as a closed historical scandal.
The committee is still pulling on the network around him, and now one of the richest men in the world has been pulled into the transcript.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer first requested Gates’ testimony in March, saying the committee believed Gates had information useful to its probe.
The House Oversight Committee laid out the scope this way in its March 3 letter to Gates:
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Committee) is reviewing: (i) the alleged mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation into Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell, (ii) the circumstances and subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein’s death, (iii) the operation of sex-trafficking rings and ways for the federal government to effectively combat them, (iv) ways in which Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell sought to curry favor and exercise influence to protect their illegal activities, and (v) potential violations of ethics rules related to elected officials.
Due to public reporting, documents released by the Department of Justice, and documents obtained by the Committee, the Committee believes you have information that will assist in its investigation. Accordingly, we request your testimony at an in-person transcribed interview on May 19, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. ET in Washington, D.C.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is the principal oversight committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
Comer has said no one is accusing Gates of wrongdoing, and that caveat matters.
But the reason this interview is drawing attention is obvious: Gates’ relationship with Epstein has already been the subject of emails, photos, public apologies, and scrutiny from his own ex-wife.
The New York Post noted that the inquiry follows Justice Department-released emails and photos, along with remarks from Melinda French Gates about Epstein contributing to the collapse of the Gates marriage.
So Gates came prepared, and what he reportedly told the committee is exactly why the transcript will matter.
ABC News and Forbes reported that Gates’ prepared remarks denied that he witnessed Epstein engaged in ongoing criminal conduct, visited Epstein’s island, ranch, or Florida home, or victimized anyone.
He also reportedly told the committee that his meetings with Epstein began around global-health philanthropy.
According to those reports, Gates described preliminary meetings in 2011 and 2012, followed by more extensive conversations in 2013 and 2014 about possible donor structures.
Then came the part Gates clearly wanted on the record.
ABC and Forbes reported that Gates said Epstein became aware of sensitive information involving Gates’ marital infidelity and tried to use that information, along with alleged lies, to pressure him to re-engage.
In other words, Gates is now telling Congress that Epstein tried to work him.
The committee transcript is expected to be released later, which means the public should eventually see Gates’ answers in full rather than through summaries.
None of this means Gates has been charged with anything, and the committee has not accused him of a crime.
What it does mean is that the Epstein probe is no longer circling small names. It is pulling some of the most powerful people on the planet into a record Congress can publish.
Gates got his turn behind the closed door.
The rest of the country gets to read it soon enough.
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