Bill Gates on Tuesday expressed “regret” about his past ties to the notorious financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“I had dinners with him. I regret doing that,” the Microsoft founder told “PBS NewsHour” anchor Judy Woodruff about his associations with Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. (He had previously been convicted of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute in 2008.)
In the last year, reports revealed that Gates and Epstein met multiple times, starting in 2011. Woodruff asked Gates what he knew about Epstein when he sought to fundraise from him.
“He had relationships with people he said would give to global health, which is an interest I have. Not nearly enough philanthropy goes in that direction. Those meetings were a mistake. They didn’t result in what he purported and I cut them off,...
“I had dinners with him. I regret doing that,” the Microsoft founder told “PBS NewsHour” anchor Judy Woodruff about his associations with Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. (He had previously been convicted of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute in 2008.)
In the last year, reports revealed that Gates and Epstein met multiple times, starting in 2011. Woodruff asked Gates what he knew about Epstein when he sought to fundraise from him.
“He had relationships with people he said would give to global health, which is an interest I have. Not nearly enough philanthropy goes in that direction. Those meetings were a mistake. They didn’t result in what he purported and I cut them off,...
- 9/22/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
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