Bill Gates testifies that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein tried to blackmail him using information related to Gates’ extramarital affairs. Gates says Epstein allegedly used knowledge of those relationships to issue “veiled” threats and to attempt to regain access to him, according to accounts of his remarks to the U.S. House Oversight Committee. Both reports describe Gates as characterizing Epstein’s approach as an effort to pressure him into allowing renewed contact, rather than a direct public confrontation. The claims are presented in the context of Gates’ testimony before the committee, which is investigating Epstein and related matters. The reports do not provide additional corroborating evidence in their summaries, focusing instead on Gates’ account of what Epstein allegedly tried to do. Epstein’s wider case and legal history are not detailed in these summaries.