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Bill Gates arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee Wednesday at the Capitol. (Kent Nishimura\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Bill Gates sought to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein during congressional testimony Wednesday, telling a House panel that he made \u201ca grave error in judgement\u201d by meeting with him 15 years ago and denying any knowledge of the deceased sex offender\u2019s ongoing criminal conduct.<\/p>

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\u201cI\u2019m glad to be here voluntarily to testify, to help with the committee\u2019s work,\u201d Gates told reporters before entering. \u201cI hope my testimony is helpful to the important work of the committee to find justice for the victims.\u201d He did not take questions.<\/p>\n

Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he wanted answers about the full scope of Gates\u2019s ties to Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. \u201cWe just want to know about his relationship with Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell,\u201d Comer told reporters. \u201cWhat did he see? Did he know what was going on? Was he involved in any of this?\u201d He added: \u201cNo one\u2019s accusing Bill Gates of any wrongdoing, and I certainly appreciate him coming in voluntarily.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-Kentucky) speaks to the media ahead of the interview. (Kevin Lamarque\/Reuters)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Gates sat for an interview with the Oversight Committee, which for months has summoned powerful men and women from Epstein\u2019s orbit. The session would not be recorded, the committee said \u2014 unlike the videotaped interviews this year from former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n

In an opening statement obtained by The Washington Post, Gates planned to tell lawmakers: \u201cI never witnessed nor had any indication that Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct. I never went to his island, his ranch, or his Florida home. I have never victimized anyone. While he may have sought to foster a personal relationship, I was never interested in that and never reciprocated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gates called meeting Epstein \u201ca grave error in judgement.\u201d He said he was introduced to Epstein in 2011 by people he trusted, drawn by Epstein\u2019s claim that he could raise billions of dollars for global health. The relationship ran through 2014, Gates said, when he concluded Epstein would never deliver the donors he had promised and cut off contact.<\/p>

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Gates also confronted the most damaging material in the files: his own infidelity. In his prepared remarks, he acknowledged being unfaithful in his marriage and said Epstein later tried to weaponize that knowledge \u2014 \u201cin addition to many lies that he layered on top\u201d \u2014 to pressure him back into a relationship. The effort failed, Gates said. \u201cIf the time I spent with Epstein lent him any credibility, I am deeply sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gates is referenced numerous times in the Justice Department documents released this year, though he has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. Among the most explosive items were draft emails or notes attributed in the files to Epstein, including unverified claims about Gates\u2019s personal life and sexual health. Gates has denied those claims.<\/p>\n

Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from a minor and served 13 months in jail. He met Gates roughly three years later. Epstein died in a New York jail cell in August 2019, ruled a suicide, weeks after his arrest on federal sex-trafficking charges.<\/p>\n

The committee interviewed Epstein\u2019s longtime assistant Lesley Groff on Tuesday and plans to question investor Leon Black and former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley, among others, in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Comer said Wednesday that he would also call Alan Dershowitz, a former Epstein attorney, to testify \u2014 a decision he said followed meetings with several of Epstein\u2019s survivors. \u201cWe\u2019re going to give him an opportunity to come in and answer several, several questions,\u201d Comer said. He added that he still wants acting attorney general Todd Blanche to appear; Blanche spoke to the panel earlier this year alongside former attorney general Pam Bondi.<\/p>

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