The Gates Foundation met with Epstein about 30 times despite staff concerns, an external review says
Summary
Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation met with Jeffrey Epstein about 30 times between 2011 and 2014. An outside law firm review found no evidence of illegal activity but noted that foundation staff had concerns about working with Epstein.Key Facts
- Bill Gates met privately with Jeffrey Epstein multiple times despite concerns from his foundation’s staff.
- Meetings focused on a health fund project that never started and a grant to a nonprofit connected to Epstein.
- Some meetings took place at Epstein’s Manhattan home; others were at the Gates Foundation offices.
- The Gates Foundation did not pay Epstein or engage in illegal actions according to the law firm WilmerHale’s review.
- Gates has said he made a “grave error in judgment” in meeting Epstein and denies knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.
- Epstein was charged in 2019 with sex trafficking of minors and died by suicide before his trial.
- The connection between Gates and Epstein began through a foundation adviser introducing them.
- Warren Buffett recently explained skipping donations to the Gates Foundation partly due to Gates’ ties with Epstein.
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