Melinda Gates slams ‘evil’ Epstein days after Bill Gates testifies to Congress
Key takeaways
- French Gates told the newspaper, “The justice system didn’t do its job.
- The interview, published Saturday, June 13, comes just days after Microsoft founder testified about Epstein during a closed-door House Oversight Committee hearing.
- He told lawmakers Epstein attempted to blackmail him with explicit details about his personal life, including his extramarital affairs.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates claimed Jeffrey Epstein “could have been stopped” in an interview published after lawmakers questioned her ex-husband, Bill Gates, over his ties to the late sex offender.
In an interview with The Guardian, French Gates hit out at the US justice system, claiming it “didn’t do its job” when it came to Epstein, who died in jail seven years ago after prosecutors said he sexually exploited and abused dozens of underage girls, The Independent reported.
French Gates told the newspaper, “The justice system didn’t do its job. It did not do its job. Full stop. This could have been stopped. I think that’s why, finally, we are having a reckoning in society. If we don’t want children to be harmed, the justice system has to work.”