{"id":46769,"date":"2026-04-07T21:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46769"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:04:26","slug":"bill-gates-to-testify-over-epstein-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46769","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates to testify over Epstein scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"
Billionaire Bill Gates is to testify on June 10 before a congressional committee investigating the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, a source close to the matter told AFP on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Microsoft co-founder is among the prominent names appearing in documents released by the US Justice Department that revealed close friendships, illicit financial dealings and private photos with Epstein.<\/p>\n

The source said Gates would sit for a “transcribed interview,” signalling his testimony would take place in the same closed-door setting used for that of former president Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and senator.<\/p>\n

Gates has admitted making a “huge mistake” in associating with Epstein, telling staff at his charity foundation that he had affairs with two Russian women but denying any involvement in the disgraced financier’s crimes.<\/p>\n

In a town hall with staff in February at the Gates Foundation, Gates expressed regret that his relationship with Epstein had affected the work of his philanthropic organisation.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Billionaire Bill Gates is to testify on June 10 before a congressional committee investigating the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, a source close to the matter told AFP on Tuesday. The Microsoft co-founder is among the prominent names appearing in documents released by the US Justice Department that revealed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}