Bill Gates again talks about his friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein by calling himself ‘fool’ and saying that spending time with him was a ‘great mistake’.
Gates spoke with the Wall Street Journal In a Friday published interview, following the comments he has made in recent years, prior to the release of his new book.
The Co-founder of Microsoft, 69, author of “Source Code: My Beginning”, which will appear on February 4.
“In retrospect, it was foolish to spend some time with him,” said Gates about Epstein. “I think I was pretty stupid. I thought it would help me with global health philanthropy. In fact, it didn’t work out. It was just a big mistake.”
Bill Gates meets Jeffrey Epstein ‘A number of times’, admits that it was ‘huge mistake’
Over the years, Bill Gates, left, has publicly discussed his relationship with the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, right. (Getty/AP)
Epstein, a notorious predator, known to be guilty of recruiting underage girls in 2008, and began to pursue a relationship with Gates in 2010 to help purify his own at the time, according to a New York post report.
On this file photo of February 1, 2019, Bill and Melinda Gates smile at each other during an interview in Kirkland, Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File))
Gates and Epstein had met a handful of times before the death of Epstein in 2019, when Epstein hung himself in a prison trail in 2019 awaiting his trial on Complaint because of sex trade.
Gates said that the situation was more care of him for his connections.
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Mon on September 8, 2024. Epstein was connected to various prominent people, including politicians, actors and academics. Epstein was convicted of sex with a minor woman. (Rick Friedman/Corbis)
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Gates’ ex-wife, Melinda gatesShe said that she was wary of his interactions with Epstein and once met him personally.
She told Gayle King in an interview in 2021 that Epstein was ‘evil in person’.
Emma Colton from Fox News has contributed to this report.
