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00:01Give away hash brownies in there.
00:03Come on up.
00:04What do you want?
00:05I'm gonna get something off your mind,
00:06now's the chance to do it.
00:08Got it.
00:09Well, you know, I'm Tim Burchett and I'm a sinner.
00:12What do you need?
00:13What do you all want to ask me?
00:15Anything?
00:16How long were you excited to be a candidate?
00:18I've been in twice.
00:19The Democrats are doing their thing right now,
00:21so I didn't think I could stay, but I didn't think it's appropriate.
00:24Yeah, the questions are very intense.
00:28And just trying to get to the heart of his relationship with Epstein
00:33and the association there, if it's a business association or what.
00:37If there's a, you know, I think there's some questions
00:42that alluded to some blackmail type things, what was going on there.
00:46And it's pretty clear to me, though,
00:48that Epstein was a friend collector.
00:50You know, he just liked to have people around him that were big deal
00:54and get his picture made with them and hang out with them,
00:57and I think that's how he reeled them in.
00:59So is there anything that you're learning then during this testimony
01:02that you think could change the course of the investigation,
01:06lead to new convictions, anything that kind of advances where we already stand?
01:11Of course, Mr. Gates is very couched in his replies,
01:15and I mean, he's very well coached, too.
01:16He's got great attorneys, I assume.
01:18And he's probably made more money in interest since more than all of us will make in a year,
01:23just in this time I'm talking to you.
01:25So I don't know that we'll gather too much from this, actually.
01:30Did you hear anything new?
01:31Not yet. No, ma'am.
01:33How was his debut?
01:34He looked pretty downtrodden for a guy worth, you know, several whatever, billions or whatever.
01:40I mean, he's like Oprah times 20, I think. I'm not sure. He's pretty well off.
01:46But he did look pretty worn down and stressed.
01:50But if I was his attorneys, that's exactly how I'd coach him to be in front of this group.
01:56Thomas, we've heard some people...
01:57Good job yesterday at the UFO press conference, dude.
02:00I don't know if you noticed, it was me that called on you to answer.
02:04Because they had some guy with a cell phone, he wasn't even pressed.
02:06So I just said, what the heck, Joe? Go ahead, baby.
02:08I always appreciate the question.
02:10So it has been alleged, and some have even said conspiracy,
02:15that Epstein was involved in some kind of blackmailing operation for very wealthy rich people.
02:21The fact that Gates is also saying that in his own open statement that's happening,
02:25does that sort of open up a whole new line of questioning for other people as well?
02:29I think so. My questions were along those lines in the first place.
02:32But since he's done that, we're going to go back and readjust them just a little bit
02:36and maybe get more to the meat of the matter. I agree, yeah.
02:40I think that's going to be, that'll change the course of it.
02:44Unfortunately, most of the Democrats weren't in there when that was going on, so.
02:48And Congressman, why was it the close to a hearing?
02:50I'll get to all of y'all, don't worry.
02:52Do what?
02:52Why was it the close to a hearing?
02:53I don't know, ma'am. That's above my pay grade. I'm big about transparency.
02:57I always just say, let it be wide open.
02:58But that seems to be something both parties agree on, and that's the way we go.
03:03And we did that with the Clintons as well.
03:07I think the Clintons said that they weren't going to come in unless we did that,
03:10which I don't know how you get past the subpoena. I'm not really sure how that works.
03:14But I guess if you're a big deal, you can do more than the rest of us could.
03:18I'll get you, and then I'll get you, ma'am. Go ahead.
03:20There was a question earlier to Chair Comer about the emails about the STI medication.
03:27Was that asked about, did we get any clarification from Gates on that?
03:30I wasn't in there on that part, ma'am. I'm sorry. Go ahead.
03:34One of the colleagues said that Gates was kind of combative,
03:36and that they didn't feel it was being very full-comming as it could be.
03:41Do you agree with that assessment?
03:43What would you be, ma'am? I guess if you're getting drug out here, you owe your dirty laundry.
03:49And let's be honest, I don't think he's that good of a person.
03:53But that's just anybody would be that way. You've got a great accent, by the way. Where are you from?
03:57Do you doubt if he was tied at you?
04:01I think he's right up to that line, ma'am. I think his attorneys,
04:05the last thing he wants to do is tell us a lie, and then we call him back in.
04:09Congressman, on the level of transparency, do you want to see acting attorney
04:13for the courts committee? Chairman Palmer said he's going to ask for him to come in July.
04:18Did he specify if that would be for a subpoena? It would be behind those doors?
04:23I suspect Todd's a pretty fearless guy. I don't think he needs a subpoena.
04:27I don't think he's got anything to hide, and I don't think he's scared of anybody.
04:31I heard somebody over here.
04:32Can I ask you a quick question on FISA? Donald Trump did post on Truth Social saying that he will
04:37have
04:37Fulte continued as acting director, but now wants a short-term extension. Do you think that's
04:42something that's going to be able to pass the House, or do you feel like something
04:45It's going to be very tough without, again, without the Constitution playing in. If you don't have a
04:52search warrant or a warrant, I think you're going to be, you're going to, it's going to be problematic
04:57for a lot of people. So it sounds like you'll probably not be able to pass the House.
05:00I don't know. I don't know. President Trump is the master of the deal, so we'll just see
05:05what he puts on the table and how he works it out. But right now, I don't think it's got
05:09a very good
05:10shot. What do you want to see coming next? Do what? What do you want to see coming next?
05:18Well, I mean, we've got a lot of waste, abuse and fraud, obviously. I would like to see us move
05:24in some of the amendments and bills that I've moved forward with Doge. Dylan, we're getting ready to pass
05:29the NDAA. I'd like to see some real qualifications upon this huge bill we're giving. And I'd like to
05:38see somebody in the military pass a bad gum audit besides the United States Marine Corps. They're
05:42the only ones that pass it on a regular basis. And I'm not a fan of the war pimps at
05:46the Pentagon.
05:46Their business is war and sending our kids off into war, and I'm not a big fan of that.
05:53Oh, in front of the Epstein Committee? I don't know. It just goes on and on. And
05:57unfortunately, America's attention span is going to run out on this thing. It's going to move on to
06:01the next object. You have a question. The head of Act Blue just testified and
06:07I plead the fifth to every question and just arrogantly walked out and nobody knew how to
06:11comment. What was this in? The head of Act Blue. Yeah, I know. Just plead the fifth to
06:14every single question and just arrogantly walked out. Is there any possibility that they'll be a
06:18comment? Republicans need to get some guts and start taking that majority out for a walk
06:23and do something with it and start passing some laws and make the Senate vote on it. Send it over
06:27there and say, vote on it or we'll wear you out. That's what you got to do. I was
06:31this agreement that we have. America is tired of it. We have the majority. We need to start acting
06:38like it. Congressman, was there any other people that Gates mentioned that were in Epstein format
06:42that the committee could pass along against the DOJ? That was something that was brought up,
06:48and I didn't hear any new names that haven't already been mentioned, ma'am. We good? Everybody?
06:54Thank you. Thank you. These brownies are actually pretty good. I don't know. They're not as good
06:57as my mama or my wife or my daughter. Thank you. This is a ranking member of Garcia,
07:04obviously oversight Democrats. I'm going to make a few remarks on, of course, the topic of the ongoing
07:11interview with Mr. Gates. But also we have a variety of other other information and statements
07:16to make about a variety of issues as it relates to the Epstein files of which other other members are
07:21going to discuss, including some new revelations that came out and some reporting this morning. So
07:26a bunch of us will discuss some different things. Let me let me just begin by saying
07:30two things. One on a statement by Chairman Comer this morning and then on Mr. Gates.
07:35I just want to just want to begin by reiterating that earlier today, Chairman Comer noted that he was
07:43willing to bring in Todd Blanche, the nominee for attorney general in front of the oversight committee.
07:49This is a request that our entire committee made to Chairman Comer a couple of weeks ago.
07:56after former AG Pam Bondi put essentially most of the blame on the disastrous investigation that's
08:04been this investigation, doxing survivors, putting them in danger, not releasing half the files.
08:10She put that on Todd Blanche. And so we are glad that Chairman Comer has finally been agreed to bring
08:17in
08:17Mr. Blanche for what we believe needs to be an under oath deposition, videotaped and released to the
08:25American public or better yet, a actual public hearing where the media and the public are
08:31invited. That would be our preferences. And so we're glad that Chairman Comer, after just yesterday,
08:37saying that it wasn't necessary, that today he is saying that he wants to bring Mr.
08:41Blanche in, and we strongly support that. Secondly, throughout the afternoon. So far,
08:53Mr. Gates has been cooperative in answering our questions. We have said we want to talk to anyone.
08:59We don't care if they're a Republican, Democrat, how wealthy they are. If they have information about
09:03Mr. Epstein, we want to speak with them. Mr. Gates has discussed and provided us information about
09:09other folks that were in Mr. Epstein's orbit, which we want to discuss with. He has said to us
09:14multiple times, which he has said to the media, that he himself did not ever realize or understand
09:21he was ever introduced to any women that then, of course, that Mr. Gates interacted with, that there
09:28was no abuse. As far as Mr. Gates knew of, he has said to the media, he said to us
09:32as well.
09:32That'll be discussed by some of our members, but let me also just finally say that it's important
09:36to note that Mr. Gates does understand that he was around people and likely assistance and those
09:43employed by Mr. Gates were also abused. And so he was around people that were actually abused,
09:48and that was recognized in some of the discussion that we had inside. So with that,
09:52it's over to Mr. Lynch. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Garcia. One of the, one of the frustrations throughout
09:57this investigation that we have had is that the, the White House and especially, uh, Todd Blanche,
10:03who's now the, the, the AG nominee, uh, has been, uh, interfering or obstructing. Remember, uh, it was
10:12Todd Blanche who, who took Ghislaine Maxwell, the single person who could shed the most light on all
10:20the people who were involved in the abuse of these women over these years. And they took her out of
10:25a maximum security prison and put her in an easier, more, more, uh, permissive environment.
10:31And she continues to refuse to cooperate, uh, with, with the committee or offer any, any, uh, helpful
10:38information. So we, we view Todd Blanche as being a major obstacle in this investigation. Uh, with respect
10:46to Mr. Gates, uh, we continually press him on the point that his relationship, his multi-year relationship
10:54with Jeffrey Epstein began after, after Mr. Mr. Epstein was already a registered sex offender
11:04and had been convicted of, of, of crimes against, uh, women. So this investigation is going to continue.
11:11Uh, again, we, we think that probably, well, many of us think that probably the most helpful thing
11:18that Mr. Gates has provided is that he has named a number of individuals who are in key positions
11:24during this effort to, to get into, uh, the, the Gates Foundation and influence on Mr. Gates,
11:32Gates himself, uh, as, as part of Jeffrey Epstein's, uh, conspiracy or, or, uh, uh,
11:41attempt to gain power and, and resources, uh, for his operations. That's all I got.
11:48All right. Good morning, everyone. Uh, I think we are all glad to hear that Mr. Comer has had a
11:54change of heart and ensure that Blanche is brought before this committee. We want to make clear that
12:01he must be brought before this committee under oath in a deposition that is recorded for the American
12:07people to see. And this is separate from his confirmation process. Todd Blanche is at the
12:13heart of the cover up of this case, as was revealed, especially in the New York Times
12:18explosive reporting today about meetings that were held in which Todd Blanche, as the president's
12:25personal attorney and deputy AG, was working with others, including the vice president to help to
12:31try to cover up this case. Now with regards to Bill Gates interviewed today, what we have learned is
12:38that Mr. Gates saw this as an opportunity to interact with a financial advisor who had access
12:44to vast amounts of wealth that Mr. Gates was interested in potentially forming partnerships
12:50to bring donors into his global health work. And so he saw his relationship and conversations with
12:57Jeffrey Epstein as a means to potentially get wealthy donors to donate philanthropically to Mr. Gates
13:04global health work. He admitted that he knew of Mr. Epstein's reputation. He admitted that he knew
13:10that he had been convicted of sexual crimes. But ultimately, in his words, he viewed this narrow
13:16relationship as being an acceptable means to access wealthy donors. So obviously, we have a lot of
13:22questions. But we're glad that he's cooperating with the investigation.
13:28You know, we're supposed to be the oversight committee. We are supposed to make sure that
13:34oversight, but we have been doing a lot of obstruction. And when I say we, it's more so like
13:40Chairman Comer, if you've noticed, we haven't actually had any oversight committee hearings,
13:44because as the reporting has come out, we know that there were situation room meetings. Now,
13:49the only one that we have really heard about as it relates to a situation room meeting
13:53and the Epstein files was when they were trying to berate one of their own members.
13:59That was when the gentle lady from Colorado had to be called in and relates to one of her votes,
14:04specifically on the Epstein files. Right now, we are not conducting oversight. The only thing that is
14:10happening is that obstruction as is being conducted. Right now, I am shocked that the chairman admitted
14:17that he was here for Bob Lynch. Now, maybe he just said that because, I don't know,
14:22he's got an election coming up. And as we know that these situation room meetings,
14:26they were about the fact that there was a quote unquote MAGA civil war that was erupting over this.
14:31But how about doing your job? Our job is oversight over the federal government. We can't conduct
14:37oversight over anything else, simply because they don't want to deal with the Epstein files right now.
14:44And that's exactly what we should be doing. So I applaud my colleagues because even though
14:49they don't want to have any hearings, we are still showing up for every single TI. We are showing up
14:55for every deposition that we were able to secure before they shut us down by shutting down the committee hearings.
15:06Thank you. Emily Randall from Washington State. You know, I am grateful that Mr. Gates has been
15:15forthcoming and cooperative in answering questions. But I think some of his answers show us
15:22that many of the men who engaged with Jeffrey Epstein only saw what they wanted to see in their
15:30interactions. You know, they didn't, Mr. Gates has said that he didn't see any abuse. And we know that
15:38some of the women who were present working for Mr. Epstein, who were at meetings, who were on planes,
15:44were being trafficked and being abused, maybe not in front of Mr. Gates's eyes, not in front of the eyes
15:51of many people. But we've seen men willing to turn away to not accept what we now know is happening.
15:59And so
16:01our work is to continue asking questions, both of Mr. Gates and anyone who was present with Mr. Epstein,
16:08but also to make sure that we hold ultimately accountable, Todd Blanche and this administration,
16:15massive cover up and find true justice and truth for these survivors.
16:22On Gates today, there's been a lot of apologies from him. He's sorry that he associated with Jeffrey
16:28Epstein so much. He was able to use Gates's name in order to project power and influence. But in the
16:36end,
16:36what's done is done and what happened happened. And Jeffrey Epstein associated with people like Bill Gates
16:42because he wanted to use their names and reputations. And Bill Gates,
16:46the ticket to getting more money to his foundation. That's why they associated. And so we're going to hear
16:52more from him today on Todd Blanche. He has to come in and he has to testify under oath oral
16:57committee.
16:58I have serious concerns that some of the things that Pam Bondi said to us was misleading at best,
17:03if not untruthful based on the reporting today. We asked her straight up whether Donald Trump's name
17:08was flagged when they were going through the files, whether they were looking for his name and trying
17:12to protect Donald Trump through the process. It seems like that was the case. But she told us
17:16she didn't recall. Even if you say you didn't recall to our committee, that is lying if you do recall.
17:21And so we have more questions now for the Department of Justice and certainly for Todd Blanche.
17:28There has long been two different systems of justice in this country, one for the very rich,
17:34powerful and well connected in the Epstein class and another for everybody else. And that's what
17:39today's testimony. So many others have made very clear. We know that over the course of decades,
17:45countless women came forward to the FBI and to the Department of Justice and reported rape and abuse at
17:52the hands of Jeffrey Epstein that even after 2008, even after that sweetheart plea deal,
17:57when people knew he was a registered sex offender, his proximity to power, his proximity to so many
18:04important, rich and powerful people legitimized him and surrounding himself and being able to continue
18:12surrounding himself with those types of people allowed him to abuse so many other young girls,
18:19children and women for years to come. This is the system that we have to change and fundamentally
18:26transform. Look at right now, Congress has had to step in because the Department of Justice refuses
18:32to do its job. So I think that the most important thing moving forward is for us to continue this
18:38investigation. But we know from what has come forward through these testimonies and interviews,
18:43but also through the exposé today about the White House cover-up. We will have to do all of these
18:51interviews again under oath in front of the American people. And we will have to go after people like
18:56Todd Blanche, like Pam Bondi and like Donald Trump himself who have enabled and perpetrated this cover-up.
19:03So we have to make sure we prosecute the people who were part of the crimes and investigate those,
19:08but also prosecute for the most egregious cover-up in American history.
19:13Any questions so far on that?
19:15So in the Epstein files, there's some pretty explosive, unverified allegations related to Bill Gates.
19:22Specifically, there's some draft emails where Jeffrey Epstein supposedly was writing to himself.
19:28They were never sent. I'm wondering if you were asking him about those emails in there,
19:32specifically whether Epstein ever set Bill Gates up with women, or whether Epstein ever gave Bill
19:40Gates medication to hide an STD from this one.
19:46You should be videotaping immediately. He's been asked about those emails. I think he'll continue to
19:53be asked about those emails. I think what we can say right now is that Mr. Gates does believe that
19:57Mr. Epstein would write emails that were oftentimes untrue. I think he spoke to that in some of the
20:03questioning that he denies, obviously, some of those claims, and that he felt that Mr. Epstein would
20:09write emails to himself and just say things that were not true or different, as Mr. Gates remembers them.
20:15And so I think to answer that question, Mr. Gates also was very clear that he was never introduced
20:20to women or girls or anyone underage by Mr. Epstein, and he made that clear multiple times.
20:26But he will continue to be asked about those emails that was brought up. Any of the questions?
20:30Mr. Garcia, it sounds like one of the big things today is that Gates has named other individuals
20:34in the existing orbit. Are these people with the Gates Foundation? Are these other high-profile
20:39businessmen? Can you categorize?
20:41Yeah, I think that he did mention a few names of folks involved within the Gates Foundation or the
20:46Gates Orbit that we're interested in speaking with. He also reiterated some names of folks that we've
20:53heard before. I'll just say, for example, Larry Summers, of which he was involved with in other
20:59meetings with Mr. Epstein or other activities, who we have spoken with. And look, Mr. Summers is
21:05someone that this committee has not had a chance to speak with, that we would like to speak with.
21:09It seems that his name continues to come up as someone that was fairly close to Jeffrey Epstein. And so
21:15that was an example of some of the names that Mr. Gates is giving us that we want to continue
21:20and
21:20to hear from and answer questions.
21:22Mr. Ranking Member, Mr. Ranking Member.
21:23Go ahead in there.
21:24One of your colleagues that had come out earlier, he said that he is cooperating.
21:32One of your colleagues said that he was a bit combative as well. So is it both that he's cooperating
21:36but combative? Is he talking in court sentences? What exactly is he saying?
21:40I think I think any witness on occasion is going to be a little combative. He is pushing back on
21:44certain things. I think you'll see that in the transcript. But he's answering the questions.
21:49And so I think that it's I think I think he is being cooperative questions.
21:53I think that one thing that you've heard pretty often is that Mr. Gates was aware that Jeffrey Epstein
22:02had been convicted and for a horrific crime and continued to interact with him to seek money
22:08for his foundation. And I think that obviously I think we would agree was a horrific judgment call.
22:14It's not something that I think most the average person thinks was was someone something that
22:19somebody should be doing. And that's something I think that Mr. Gates has to atone for.
22:24And certainly he's doing that through his foundation and his family.
22:26And then to follow up on that, did he explain why, though, why he continued to pursue donors?
22:32Does anyone else want to answer that question?
22:33Go ahead. Well, this is actually the question line that I pressed primarily with Mr. Gates on.
22:41The language that he used is that in spite of knowing Mr. Epstein's reputation,
22:46he saw a narrow role for accessing potential donors for his global health initiative.
22:52And when I was saying that this is just too strong of language,
22:59but I felt that getting billions of dollars for global health was worth it.
23:26Okay. We'll, we'll, we're going to wrap this up. So, yeah.
23:29Uh, can you explain why this is a closed door testimony? Is that something that the American
23:33public already interested in want?
23:34Yeah, we agree. Let's be clear. We, we want, we want these, we want public hearings.
23:39We want this videotaped. We want these under oath. We want these released to the American public.
23:44That's the decision that Chairman Comer and the majority get to make by being in the majority.
23:48And I do think it's very unfortunate this continues has got to end. We'll be opening these to the American
23:52public. Should I just make a, say what I, should I just go ahead? Okay.
23:58Well, we've now been through the first hour of Mr. Gates testimony. Um, I'm a little concerned.
24:04He's not terribly forthcoming or candid as I'm, I'm, I'm concerned that he's not as candid or
24:10forthcoming as he can be. Um, I, I'm looking forward to, um, further questions about his background
24:18and relationship to Jeffrey Epstein. Um, and I'm hopeful that he'll be more candid going forward.
24:23Yeah. What's the most notable thing you heard from Bill Gates?
24:28Well, I, it's, it's been reported in the press, but he's had affairs and, um,
24:35Jeffrey Epstein, uh, was aware of those affairs and it appears that, um, he may have potentially
24:44used those affairs as some type of leverage that his friends and acquaintances of Bill Gates could
24:51have used against him. And so we need to kind of learn more, but I'm looking forward to learning more
24:57about, you know, what Bill Gates saw with regard to Jeffrey Epstein and women. Um, one, you know, very
25:07interesting aspect of this is that Bill Gates went to Jeffrey Epstein to try to raise money
25:11for philanthropy, which I don't quite understand. And so I'll be asking questions about that later
25:17on as well. There have been several, you know, allegations and some conspiracy theory that, um,
25:23Epstein was sort of running a blackmail operation. Does this get previous to that?
25:30Possibly, possibly. I think that Jeffrey Epstein liked to get dirt on a lot of people to then try
25:37to use that as leverage in his ongoing negotiations or communications with third parties. It could have
25:44involved Bill Gates. We don't know, but that's what I'm going to be continue to. I think our questioners
25:51on our side will continue to probe on going forward. Is Gates aware of anywhere else that
25:54is falling into that kind of trap? Um, I don't think we've gotten into that yet,
26:00but I think that will be a fruitful line of questioning going forward. But just overall,
26:06I just find it very unusual that Bill Gates associated with Jeffrey Epstein, that Jeffrey
26:11Epstein had gotten his claws into Microsoft and known so many senior executives there. And so I think
26:17that will also be further grounds for questioning going forward. Overall, I'm just a little disappointed
26:22that Mr. Gates is not as candid and forthcoming as he can be. He's a little combative. And I think
26:28that, um, again, we need to try to get to the bottom of what happened. Thank you very much.
26:34What we're seeking today from Bill Gates. We were talking over and saying,
26:39there's been no, like, twine, but obviously, peppered on some insight. What are you hoping to get from this?
26:44Well, I think we want to understand whether the public statements that Mr. Gates has made about
26:50his relationship with Epstein are fully truthful and accurate. Obviously the files contain some
26:59interesting and troubling emails. Um, Epstein's clear attempt to, to leverage or perhaps even blackmail
27:08Gates over his relationship with one of the Russian women and Epstein, you know, providing payments to
27:15that woman and the email from Epstein to Gates asking for reimbursement of those payments. We don't
27:21know whether or how Gates responded to that. I think that's, uh, important. The relationship between
27:29Epstein Gates and, uh, Ms. Walker, uh, who says she was introduced to Epstein by Donald Trump. I want to
27:36learn more about, um, all, all of that. So a lot of important questions today.
27:59I agree with the chairman, uh, Ms. Groff, especially hard to believe 18 years as Epstein's assistant
28:06had no knowledge of the crimes that were being committed, the crimes that she scheduled,
28:11quite frankly, hard, hard to believe that. It's one of the reasons why I and other Democrats have
28:16been pushing the department of justice to reopen these investigations. You mentioned Les Wexner,
28:22never even questioned by the FBI, Khan and Indyke, never questioned by the FBI, basic investigative
28:29work that was never done across multiple administrations. But right now the Trump administration
28:34and Todd Blanche of the department of justice had the opportunity to reopen this investigation,
28:40ask these questions, determine whether there are new prosecutions that need to be pursued. And
28:44that's what we want to see. Thank you.
28:57I heard that five minutes ago. If that's true, I'm very glad to hear that. Yesterday,
29:02Chairman Comer was saying he didn't think Todd Blanche needed to come in. I'm glad he's changed
29:07his mind if that's the case. I'm certainly going to be pushing for that to be in public, at least
29:13videotaped so the American people can see, especially if Todd Blanche is potentially going
29:18to be the permanent attorney general. It shouldn't be behind closed doors like this. It should be out
29:23for the media and the public to see. Look, obviously, given that he was Epstein's attorney, had a close
29:44relationship, he could have additional information that we haven't yet revealed over the course of our
29:49investigation. So I think that's an appropriate conversation to have. No question.
29:55I want to find out whether his public statements about the limits of his relationship with Jeffrey
30:05Epstein are fully truthful and accurate. I'm interested in the email exchange where it's clear
30:13that Jeffrey Epstein was using one of the Russian women that Gates was involved in to try to get
30:20leverage or potentially blackmail him. Epstein emailed Gates asking for reimbursement for money that
30:26Epstein provided to this woman. We don't have any response from Gates in the files. I'd like to know
30:34whether or how he responded to that and what he felt Epstein was trying to do in that moment.
30:39Thank you all.
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