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Oversight Committee Releases Gates, Groff Depositions in Epstein Probe

6/24/2026

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The Oversight Committee released transcripts of Bill Gates’s and Lesley Groff’s depositions in its Jeffrey Epstein probe.
Bill Gates called his meeting with Jeffrey Epstein a “grave error in judgment,” said it was to discuss philanthropy and denied illegal activity.
Lesley Groff arranged massages with women for Jeffrey Epstein after his guilty plea, prompting lawmakers to say the probe has yielded few criminal findings and no acknowledgment of government failure.

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The Oversight Committee released transcripts of Bill Gates’s and Lesley Groff’s depositions in its Jeffrey Epstein probe.
Bill Gates called his meeting with Jeffrey Epstein a “grave error in judgment,” said it was to discuss philanthropy and denied illegal activity.
Lesley Groff arranged massages with women for Jeffrey Epstein after his guilty plea, prompting lawmakers to say the probe has yielded few criminal findings and no acknowledgment of government failure.