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Bill Gates Hit With Foundation Probe Into His Epstein Ties
April 22, 2026
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Reuters / Getty ImagesBillionaire Bill Gates’ links to the disgraced pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein are to be examined by his own charitable foundation, it has announced.The Seattle-based Gates Foundation has been reeling from Epstein-related fallout since a January dump of files by the U.S. Department of Justice exposed extensive contact between the late sex offender and the Microsoft co-founder, who has given more than 60 billion towards global health projects.
The most incendiary material was a batch of draft emails from 2013 in which Epstein appeared to boast about arranging sexual encounters for Gates, now 70, and procuring him drugs to conceal a sexually transmitted disease from his then-wife Melinda—allegations Gates has strongly denied.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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