{"id":1829010,"date":"2023-01-30T12:35:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T17:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1829010"},"modified":"2023-01-30T12:38:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T17:38:52","slug":"bill-gates-claims-he-only-had-dinner-with-jeffrey-epstein-in-awkward-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-gates-claims-he-only-had-dinner-with-jeffrey-epstein-in-awkward-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates Claims He &#8220;Only  Had Dinner&#8221; With Jeffrey Epstein in Awkward Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-gates-claims-he-only-had-dinner-with-jeffrey-epstein-in-awkward-interview%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1829010&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\">Microsoft co-founder, billionaire philanthropist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/bill-gates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Gates<\/a> continued to\u00a0downplay his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, claiming for the &#8220;100th time&#8221; They were just dinner friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Australia\u2019s ABC 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson noted during an interview with Gates on Monday &#8220;one of the issues that dogged&#8221; His relationship to Melinda French Gates (ex-wife) was his. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/jeffrey-epstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Epstein ties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson asked &#8220;Do you regret the relationship that you maintained with him against Melinda&#8217;s advice and wishes?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson was informed by Gates that Ferguson was going. &#8220;way back in time&#8221; Before you answer the question, shrugging.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/bill-gates-jeffrey-epstein-huge-mistake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BILL GATES MEET WITH JEFFREYEPSTEIN &#8216;A LOT OF TIMES&#8217;, ADMITS IT WAS A &#8216;HUGE MISTAKE.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Bill-Gates-Epstein-2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates continued to downplay his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in an interview with Australia\u2019s ABC 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates continued to downplay his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in an interview with Australia\u2019s ABC 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by Jeff J Mitchell- Pool\/Getty Images.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I will say for the over a 100th time, yeah, I shouldn&#8217;t have had dinners with him,&#8221; Gates said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ABC 7.30 host wasn\u2019t finished, informing Gates that &#8220;Epstein had a way of sexually compromising&#8221; people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is that what Melinda was warning you about?&#8221; Ferguson asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, I mean, no, I had dinner with him and that\u2019s all,&#8221; Gates said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson asked Gates to regret the relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That I had dinner with him,&#8221; Gates further implied that the relationship was just dinner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-gates-pbs-judy-woodruff-jeffrey-epstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BILL GATES QUIRMS AS PBS\u2019 JUDY WOODRUFF GRILLS HE ON PAST ties to JEFFREYEPSTEIN: &#8216;WELL. HE&#8217;S DEAD. SO <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/640\/320\/AP21123757079280.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"In this Feb. 1, 2019, file photo, Bill and Melinda Gates smile at each other during an interview in Kirkland, Wash.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n File photo of Bill and Melinda Gates smiling at each other during a interview in Kirkland (Wash.) February 1, 2019.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Elaine Thompson, File))<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gates then rejected the notion that Gates\u2019 foundation and Epstein were connected. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There never was any relationship of any kind,&#8221; He stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff asked Gates about the same topic in 2021. The billionaire provided similar answers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Woodruff confronted Gates about the beginning of the exchange. &#8220;number of meetings&#8221; He was with the shady billionaire and at the time, he was already convicted of soliciting prostitutes from minors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What did you know about him when you were meeting with him, as you said yourself, in the hopes of raising money?&#8221; Woodruff wanted to know.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, I had dinners with him. I regret doing that,&#8221; Gates replied. &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those meetings were a mistake. They didn&#8217;t result in what he purported and I cut them off. You know, that goes back a long time ago now, so there&#8217;s nothing new on that,&#8221; Gates also joined.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Woodruff continued to question the Big Tech titan, asking him about his past. &#8220;found out about his background.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, I&#8217;ve said I regretted having those dinners,&#8221; Woodruff was told by Gates. &#8220;And there&#8217;s nothing \u2013 absolutely nothing new on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/modeling-agent-close-jeffrey-epstein-dead-french-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>MODELING AGENT CLOSE to JEFFREY EPSTEIN FOUND DEAD IN FRENCH JAIL<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gates previously said he had met with Epstein in the hopes that the financier would donate toward Gates\u2019 &#8220;goal of raising money for global health&#8221; Interview with NBC News, 2021\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn\u2019t realize that the meeting with him almost downplayed the incredibly awful things he did,&#8221; Gates said. &#8220;I\u2019ve learned more about that over time, but I add that to the list of big mistakes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He claims that his ex-wife made it. &#8220;clear&#8221; To the Microsoft honcho she &#8220;did not like that he\u2019d had meetings with Jeffrey Epstein.&#8221; She stated that she met with the multimillionaire once before, but regrets it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to see who this man was, and I regretted it from the second I stepped in the door,&#8221; She spoke to CBS in 2021.\u00a0&#8220;He was abhorrent. He was evil personified. I had nightmares about it afterwards. My heart breaks for these young women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Epstein died at age 66 while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/sex-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inawaiting trial for sex trafficking allegations<\/a>. On August 10, 2019, he was hanged in a Manhattan federal prison cell. He pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor prostitute.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News\u2019 Joseph A. Wulfsohn and Stephanie Pagones contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p><i>Brian Flood is a Fox News Digital media reporter. You can send story tips to\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"mailto:brian.flood@fox.com\" id=\"LPlnk367574\"><i>brian.flood@fox.com<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0On Twitter, @briansflood\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft co-founder, billionaire philanthropist\u00a0Bill Gates continued to\u00a0downplay his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, claiming for the &#8220;100th time&#8221; They were just dinner friends.\u00a0 Australia\u2019s ABC 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson noted during an interview with Gates on Monday &#8220;one of the issues that dogged&#8221; His relationship to Melinda French Gates (ex-wife) was his. 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