Before Microsoft co-founder and tech billionaire Bill Gates appeared before the House Oversight Committee to testify about his relationship with the late Jeffrey Epstein, prominent legal scholar Alan Dershowitz was already sounding the alarm over what that relationship revealed.
The committee released transcripts of Gates June 10 interview as part of its broader review of the federal investigation into Epstein and his longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. According to Western Journal, those documents disclosed significant personal details about Gates, including three extramarital affairs that occurred during his marriage to his former wife, Melinda Gates.
Dershowitz, a Harvard Law professor emeritus and veteran defense attorney, joined Greta Van Susteren on The Record to highlight what he described as a deeply troubling timeline. He told Van Susteren that Gates friendship with Epstein did not predate scandal or conviction, but instead began after Epsteins 2008 criminal case had already been resolved.
Per the Associated Press, Epstein in 2008 pleaded guilty to one count of soliciting prostitution and one count of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18. Bill Gates became friendly with Epstein after he was convicted, unlike some other people, Dershowitz said, stressing that his own association with Epstein ended once the conviction was entered.
A New York Times investigation into the GatesEpstein connection has similarly reported that the two men met on multiple occasions beginning in 2011, years after Epsteins plea deal. That timeline undercuts any suggestion that Gates was unaware of Epsteins criminal history, raising serious questions about why a high-profile philanthropist would seek out such a figure as a social or professional contact.
The newly released transcript shows Gates acknowledging that he met Epstein in several major cities around the world. However, Gates insisted that he never traveled to Epsteins private island, Little Saint James, a location that has become synonymous with the disgraced financiers alleged sex-trafficking operations.
Dershowitz also drew attention to Gates legal strategy in preparing for his congressional appearance, particularly his decision to hire former House Oversight Committee counsel Jake Greenberg. Greenberg left his government post in December to join the law firm DLA Piper, according to Bloomberg Law, and is now assisting Gates as outside counsel.
For Dershowitz, that move raised red flags about potential conflicts and insider advantage in navigating the committees inquiry. He summed up his unease in blunt terms, concluding, Theres a smell about it.
One of the most explosive elements surrounding Gates dealings with Epstein involves Gates affair with Russian bridge player Mila Antonova. That relationship fueled speculation that Epstein, a man long accused of exploiting the secrets of the powerful, may have viewed the affair as leverage.
Reports indicate Epstein sought to pressure Gates into covering unpaid expenses for Antonova, implicitly threatening to expose the affair if Gates refused. Gates, however, has tried to downplay that interpretation, insisting he was never going to pay anything, and declining to label the episode as blackmail.
I was not blackmailed, but, you know, as you look at these emails, you know, it looks like Mr. Epsteins brainstorming was going in that direction, Gates added, acknowledging at least the appearance of an attempted shakedown. He has also maintained that he never personally witnessed Epsteins criminal behavior, a claim that, while possibly true, does little to explain why he chose to cultivate a relationship with a man already known as a convicted sex offender.
For many Americans, especially those wary of elite impunity, the central question remains why a figure as influential as Gates would align himself with what one might fairly describe as one of the most disgusting, evil individuals in public life. That concern is sharpened by the fact that, during the same period, Gates was using his immense wealth and influence to promote climate alarmism, lab-grown meat, and other globalist policy agendas, even as he maintained ties with a man whose conduct epitomized moral corruption.
From a conservative perspective, the episode underscores a familiar pattern in which left-leaning elites are shielded from full accountability so long as they advance the right causes and rhetoric. The left will allow you to do as you please, so long as you are wealthy and say the right things, and the GatesEpstein connection has become yet another case study in how power, money, and progressive respectability can combine to insulate the well-connected from the standards ordinary citizens are expected to uphold.
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