Billionaire Bill Gates was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday testifying to lawmakers about his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Nikole Killion reports.
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Billionaire Bill Gates was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday testifying to lawmakers about his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Nikole Killion reports.
Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Democrats' ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, pledged to investigate Vice President Vance’s role in the Trump administration’s “cover-up” of actions tied to now-deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates spent hours before members of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday testifying about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates claimed Wednesday disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein attempted to use information about his personal life — including his multiple marriage infidelities — to blackmail him, copies of his first closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee detail.
The Hill reported the story as "House Democrat: Vance part of White House Epstein 'cover up'." CBS News reported the story as "Bill Gates grilled over Jeffrey Epstein ties." Breitbart reported the story as "Bill Gates the Victim: Claims Epstein Used His Personal Infidelities as Blackmail."
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