2026-06-10T09:00:07.995Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
- 比尔·盖茨将于周三在国会山闭门作证，讲述他与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的关系。
- 美国司法部公布相关文件后，众议院监督委员会寻求盖茨的自愿配合，文件中披露了二人之间未经证实的指控以及慈善合作情况。
- 盖茨强烈否认爱泼斯坦文件中提及的指控，并为自己结识这位已故金融大亨一事表示懊悔。
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在今年杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的相关文件公布后，有关这位亿万富翁与这位已故定罪性犯罪者的关联引发质疑，比尔·盖茨将在周三于国会山闭门作证——这是迄今为止国会调查人员面前最受关注的露面场合之一。
众议院监督委员会在司法部公布的一批文件中发现了一系列露骨的未经证实指控，以及盖茨与爱泼斯坦之间比此前所知更为详尽的慈善合作内容，随后寻求盖茨自愿配合调查。盖茨将接受该委员会的第15次约谈，预计会面临两党议员就他与这位已故大亨关系程度的提问。
盖茨是爱泼斯坦人脉圈中众多有权势的人物之一——从霍华德·卢特尼克到比尔·克林顿——均出现在司法部从案件档案中公布的视频或照片里。
正如CNN此前报道的，早期公布的文件中最具爆炸性的内容涉及爱泼斯坦本人似乎在2013年7月撰写的两封草稿邮件。在这些充满拼写错误和尖酸刻薄言辞的意识流笔记中，爱泼斯坦似乎声称他为盖茨安排了性接触，并帮助盖茨向妻子隐瞒治疗性传播感染的药物。
目前尚不清楚保存在爱泼斯坦邮箱中的2013年草稿邮件是谁撰写的，也不确定这些邮件是否曾被发送过，但它们是爱泼斯坦发给自己的。尽管这些邮件暗示二人友谊当时出现裂痕，但在此期间二人仍保持会面和邮件往来。
爱泼斯坦在其中一封邮件中声称，他帮助盖茨获取药物“以应对与俄罗斯女孩发生性关系以及与已婚女性进行不正当幽会的后果”。这封邮件还提到盖茨曾要求爱泼斯坦为桥牌比赛提供阿德拉尔。
另一封草稿邮件则指控盖茨含泪请求爱泼斯坦删除提及性传播疾病的信息、“你要求我提供你可以秘密交给梅琳达的抗生素”，并删除有关他生殖器的露骨个人细节。
草稿邮件中的指控均未经证实且未得到佐证。没有迹象表明这封邮件曾被分享给盖茨或其他人，这位微软联合创始人也未被指控涉及与爱泼斯坦相关的任何刑事不当行为。
盖茨强烈否认了这些指控，盖茨的一名代表此前告诉CNN：“这些指控完全荒谬且纯属虚假。这些文件唯一能证明的是，爱泼斯坦因未能与盖茨保持持续关系而感到沮丧，以及他为了设局诽谤会不择手段。盖茨先生承认与爱泼斯坦会面是判断上的严重失误，但他明确否认与爱泼斯坦以及爱泼斯坦所参与的可怕活动有任何不当行为。盖茨先生从未去过爱泼斯坦的私人岛屿，从未与他一起参加派对，也未参与任何与爱泼斯坦相关的非法活动。”
今年2月，盖茨在接受CNN澳大利亚合作媒体九号新闻采访时被问及最新公布的文件。
“显然是杰弗里给自己写了一封邮件。那封邮件从未发送过，你们也知道，那封邮件是假的。我不知道他当时是怎么想的。这只能提醒我，我和他相处的每一分钟都让我后悔，我也为自己当初那么做而道歉，”盖茨说道。
他补充道：“事实确实是，我只和他吃过晚餐，你们知道，我从未去过那个岛。我从未见过任何女性。所以，你们知道，随着更多信息被披露，事情会越来越清楚：尽管那段时间是个错误，但这与那种行为毫无关系。”
盖茨此前也曾表示，他后悔与爱泼斯坦会面，并在2021年告诉CNN的安德森·库珀：“花时间和他在一起，给他带去在场的公信力，这是一个巨大的错误。”
众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默在盖茨露面之前告诉CNN，周三的闭门采访的提问范围没有任何限制。
“我们只是有问题要问。我并没有指控比尔·盖茨有任何不当行为。我们知道他花了很多时间和爱泼斯坦先生在一起。我们只是想问问他知道什么，以及他是否看到了某些事情，”科默周二说道。
“所有问题都在考虑范围内，”这位肯塔基州共和党人补充道，并指出尽管盖茨可能并不“急切”作证，但他“愿意”配合发言。
司法部公布的300多万页文件中包含数百处提及盖茨的内容，其中包括详细记录会面、用餐、拟议通话以及爱泼斯坦试图安排与盖茨会面的多封邮件。所有有记录的与盖茨的互动都发生在爱泼斯坦2008年因卖淫相关指控被定罪之后，无论是2010年二人共进晚餐，还是2012年8月在挪威的会面。
“我非常享受这次早餐，”盖茨在2014年12月写给爱泼斯坦的信中说道。
爱泼斯坦在回信中部分写道：“和往常一样，每个人都非常喜欢你”，并在结尾邀请盖茨前往他的私人岛屿，而盖茨一直坚称自己从未去过那里。没有迹象表明盖茨接受了邀请。
在盖茨前往国会山作证之前，众议院监督小组的资深民主党议员罗伯特·加西亚表示，盖茨在这位已故性犯罪者定罪后仍与其保持联系“非常令人担忧”。
“我们说过，我们不在乎你是共和党人、民主党人，或者你是谁。事实上，盖茨先生在了解到定罪情况，了解到他实际所做的事情之后，仍然与爱泼斯坦先生保持关系，我认为这非常令人担忧。所以我们想知道盖茨先生知道什么，这个圈子里还有谁，以及盖茨先生为什么继续与爱泼斯坦先生保持关系，”加西亚周二说道。
Bill Gates to face congressional investigators about ties to Jeffrey Epstein
2026-06-10T09:00:07.995Z / CNN
- Bill Gates will testify behind closed doors on Capitol Hill Wednesday about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
- The House Oversight Committee sought Gates’ voluntary cooperation after documents released by the Justice Department revealed unverified allegations and philanthropic coordination between the two men.
- Gates has strongly denied allegations made in the Epstein files and has expressed regret for knowing the late financier.
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Bill Gates will testify behind closed doors on Capitol Hill on Wednesday after the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files this year raised questions about the billionaire’s ties to the late convicted sex offender — marking one of the most high-profile appearances before congressional investigators to date.
The House Oversight Committee sought Gates’ voluntary cooperation after a tranche of documents released by the Department of Justice revealed a series of graphic, unverified allegations, as well as a degree of philanthropic coordination between Gates and Epstein that was more detailed than previously known. Marking the committee’s 15th interview, Gates is expected to face questions from Republicans and Democrats alike about the extent of his relationship with the late financier.
Gates is among the many powerful figures in Epstein’s orbit — from Howard Lutnick to Bill Clinton—– who have appeared in video or photos released by the Justice Department from its case files.
As CNN previously reported, the most explosive elements of the earlier document release involved two draft emails Epstein appears to have written himself in July 2013. In these stream-of-consciousness notes, riddled with typos and vitriol, Epstein appears to claim he facilitated sexual encounters for Gates and helped him obtain medication to hide a sexually transmitted infection from his wife.
It’s not clear who wrote the draft messages from 2013 saved in Epstein’s email account or whether they were ever sent, but they are addressed from Epstein to himself. Though the emails suggest at the time some sort of break in their friendship, meetings and email exchanges continued during this time.
Epstein claimed in one email he helped Gates get drugs “in order to deal with consequences of sex with russian girls” and “illicit trysts, with married women.” The email also references Gates asking Epstein to provide Adderall for bridge tournaments.
The other draft email alleges that Gates tearfully asked Epstein to delete messages referencing an STD, “your request that I provide you antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda,” and to delete explicit personal details about his penis.
The allegations contained in the draft email are unverified and uncorroborated. There is no indication the message was ever shared with Gates or anyone else, and the Microsoft co-founder has not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing related to Epstein.
Gates has strongly denied the claims and a representative of Gates previously told CNN: “These claims are absolutely absurd and completely false. The only thing these documents demonstrate is Epstein’s frustration that he did not have an ongoing relationship with Gates and the lengths he would go to entrap and defame. While Mr. Gates acknowledges that meeting with Epstein was a serious error in judgment, he unequivocally denies any improper conduct related to Epstein and the horrible activities in which Epstein was involved. Mr. Gates never visited Epstein’s island, never attended parties with him, and had no involvement in any illegal activities associated with Epstein.”
Gates was asked about the latest documents in an interview with CNN affiliate Nine News in Australia in February.
“Apparently Jeffrey wrote an email to himself. That email was never sent, the email is you know, false. So I don’t know what his thinking was there. It just reminds me, you know, every minute I spent with him I regret and I, you know, apologize that I did that,” Gates said.
He added: “It’s factually true that I was only at dinners, you know, I never went to the island. I never met any women. And so, you know, the more that comes out, the more clear it’ll be that although the time was a mistake, it had nothing to do with that kind of behavior.”
Gates has also previously said he regrets meeting with Epstein, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper in 2021: “It was a huge mistake to spend time with him, to give him the credibility of being there.”
House Oversight Chair James Comer told CNN ahead of Gates’ appearance that there were no limitations in terms of the scope of questions for Wednesday’s closed-door interview.
“We just have questions. I’m not accusing Bill Gates of any wrongdoing. We know that he spent a lot of time with Mr. Epstein. We just want to ask what he knew and if he saw certain things,” Comer said Tuesday.
“Anything’s on the table,” the Kentucky Republican added, noting that while Gates may not be “eager” to testify, he is “willing” to speak.
The over 3 million pages released by the DOJ contain several hundred references to Gates, including numerous emails detailing schedules with meetings, meals, proposed phone calls, and attempts by Epstein to set up meetings with Gates. All of the documented interactions with Gates occurred after Epstein’s 2008 conviction on prostitution-related charges, whether it was a dinner the pair shared in 2010 or a meeting in Norway in August 2012.
“I enjoyed the breakfast a lot,” Gates wrote Epstein in December 2014.
Epstein replied by saying in part, “as usual everyone liked=you alot” and concluded by inviting Gates to his private island, which Gates has maintained he never visited. There’s no indicated Gates accepted the invite.
Ahead of Gates’ appearance on Capitol Hill, Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House oversight panel, said it is “very concerning” that Gates maintained a relationship with Epstein after the late sex offender’s conviction.
“We’ve said we don’t care if you are a Republican or a Democrat or who you are. The fact that Mr. Gates still had a relationship with Mr. Epstein even after knowing about the conviction, knowing actually what he had done, I think is very concerning. So we want to know what did Mr. Gates know, who else was around in that orbit, and why Mr. Gates continued to have a relationship with Mr. Epstein,” Garcia said Tuesday.