I tend to doubt that Melinda Gates was surprised by, or even particularly upset by, Bill Gates cheating on her. The way she reacted when she suddenly announced she was divorcing him tends to suggest that whatever secret Jeffrey Epstein was holding over Bill Gates’s head, it probably wasn’t just a simple case of adultery:
Bill Gates admitted cheating on his ex-wife, Melinda, and claimed Jeffrey Epstein tried to weaponize the affairs against him during a bombshell congressional grilling on Wednesday. The Microsoft founder, 70, denied any wrongdoing but claimed the pedophile wielded the ‘painful’ secrets in a bid to strong-arm him back into the friendship after he cut it off.
‘I learned Epstein had become aware of sensitive information about my personal life, including the fact that I had been unfaithful in my marriage. These affairs had nothing to do with my interactions with Epstein, but they were painful for my family,’ Gates said, according to his prepared statement to the House Oversight Committee.
Gates struck up a relationship with Epstein in 2011 after the financier promised he could help raise billions of dollars for global public health initiatives. Epstein was already a registered sex offender, having pleaded guilty in Florida three years earlier to soliciting prostitution from a minor.
‘I recall being aware that Epstein had faced prior legal issues, but I did not fully understand the extent of the crimes he committed. I accepted the introduction without applying the scrutiny I should have,’ Gates told lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
He claimed his interactions with the pedophile were ‘limited’ and testified that he cut off all contact in 2014.
Counting down to someone finding post-2014 emails between Gates and Epstein…