SMILING Bill Gates arrived on Capitol Hill to face questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein after explosive emails about an alleged STD were released in a massive document dump. The Microsoft billionaire was seen entering the building on Wednesday ahead of a closed-door grilling by the House Oversight Committee. Gat
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SMILING Bill Gates arrived on Capitol Hill to face questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein after explosive emails about an alleged STD were released in a massive document dump. The Microsoft billionaire was seen entering the building on Wednesday ahead of a closed-door grilling by the House Oversight Committee. Gat
BILL Gates made a stunning admission to Congress during a closed-door grilling over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, saying he should never have met the notorious sex offender. Gates struck up a friendship with Epstein in 2011 after the financier promised he could help raise billions of dollars for global public health initiatives.
Bloomberg reported the story as "Bill Gates Tells Congress Epstein Ties Were ‘Grave Error’." The Sun US reported the story as "Bill Gates makes shocking admission as he's grilled on Epstein ties - after claim he got STD from sex with Russian girls."
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4 sources have covered this story, including The Sun US, New York Post, Bloomberg and Daily Mail US. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 4 hours ago.
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Bill Gates makes shocking admission as he's grilled on Epstein ties - after claim he got STD from sex with Russian girls
Smirking Bill Gates arrives on Capitol Hill as he faces reckoning in Jeffrey Epstein probe
Humiliated Bill Gates reveals 'painful' marriage secret Epstein held over him in bombshell congressional grilling
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