Bill Gates Claims He “Only Had Dinner” With Jeffrey Epstein in Awkward Interview
Microsoft co-founder, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates continued to downplay his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, claiming for the “100th time” They were just dinner friends.
Australia’s ABC 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson noted during an interview with Gates on Monday “one of the issues that dogged” His relationship to Melinda French Gates (ex-wife) was his. Epstein ties.
Ferguson asked “Do you regret the relationship that you maintained with him against Melinda’s advice and wishes?”
Ferguson was informed by Gates that Ferguson was going. “way back in time” Before you answer the question, shrugging.
BILL GATES MEET WITH JEFFREYEPSTEIN ‘A LOT OF TIMES’, ADMITS IT WAS A ‘HUGE MISTAKE.
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates continued to downplay his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in an interview with Australia’s ABC 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson.
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“I will say for the over a 100th time, yeah, I shouldn’t have had dinners with him,” Gates said.
The ABC 7.30 host wasn’t finished, informing Gates that “Epstein had a way of sexually compromising” people.
“Is that what Melinda was warning you about?” Ferguson asked.
“No, I mean, no, I had dinner with him and that’s all,” Gates said.
Ferguson asked Gates to regret the relationship.
“That I had dinner with him,” Gates further implied that the relationship was just dinner.
File photo of Bill and Melinda Gates smiling at each other during a interview in Kirkland (Wash.) February 1, 2019.
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File))
Gates then rejected the notion that Gates’ foundation and Epstein were connected.
“There never was any relationship of any kind,” He stated.
PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff asked Gates about the same topic in 2021. The billionaire provided similar answers.
Woodruff confronted Gates about the beginning of the exchange. “number of meetings” He was with the shady billionaire and at the time, he was already convicted of soliciting prostitutes from minors.
“What did you know about him when you were meeting with him, as you said yourself, in the hopes of raising money?” Woodruff wanted to know.
“You know, I had dinners with him. I regret doing that,” Gates replied. “He had relationships with people he said, you know, would give to global health, which is an interest I have. You know, 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. You know, that goes back a long time ago now, so there’s nothing new on that,” Gates also joined.
Woodruff continued to question the Big Tech titan, asking him about his past. “found out about his background.”
“You know, I’ve said I regretted having those dinners,” Woodruff was told by Gates. “And there’s nothing – absolutely nothing new on that.”
MODELING AGENT CLOSE to JEFFREY EPSTEIN FOUND DEAD IN FRENCH JAIL
Gates previously said he had met with Epstein in the hopes that the financier would donate toward Gates’ “goal of raising money for global health” Interview with NBC News, 2021
“I didn’t realize that the meeting with him almost downplayed the incredibly awful things he did,” Gates said. “I’ve learned more about that over time, but I add that to the list of big mistakes.”
He claims that his ex-wife made it. “clear” To the Microsoft honcho she “did not like that he’d had meetings with Jeffrey Epstein.” She stated that she met with the multimillionaire once before, but regrets it.
“I wanted to see who this man was, and I regretted it from the second I stepped in the door,” She spoke to CBS in 2021. “He was abhorrent. He was evil personified. I had nightmares about it afterwards. My heart breaks for these young women.”
Epstein died at age 66 while Inawaiting trial for sex trafficking allegations. On August 10, 2019, he was hanged in a Manhattan federal prison cell. He pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor prostitute.
Fox News’ Joseph A. Wulfsohn and Stephanie Pagones contributed to this report.
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