{"id":1578,"date":"2026-07-15T23:41:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2026-07-15T23:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:41:50","slug":"buffett-calls-gates-epstein-ties-distasteful-but-found-nothing-beyond-what-i-could-picture-myself-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1578","title":{"rendered":"Buffett Calls Gates\u2019 Epstein Ties \u2018Distasteful\u2019\u2014But Found Nothing \u2018Beyond What I Could Picture Myself Doing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>what is bill gates accused of in the epstein files?<\/h2>\n<p>Gates, who had a relationship with Epstein starting in 2011, cut ties with the financier in late 2014 and has denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein. In an interview with the House Oversight Committee over Gates\u2019s Epstein ties earlier this month, Gates <u>acknowledged<\/u> having extramarital affairs, but said Epstein was not involved with any of the women. Gates <u>admitted<\/u> to Gates Foundation employees in February that he had two affairs with Russian women Epstein later found out about, and a spokesperson for Gates <u>confirmed<\/u> to the Wall Street Journal that he had a \u201cconsensual\u201d relationship with <u>Melanie Walker<\/u>, a former Gates Foundation employee, starting in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1576\">Trump\u2019s Intel Nominee Jay Clayton Won\u2019t Say Biden Won, But Insists He\u2019s \u2018Not An Election Denier\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>crucial quote<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI read a great deal since Jan. 1 in terms of what happened, with Bill and Epstein,\u201d Buffett said. \u201cWhile it\u2019s distasteful, while he made mistakes, I made mistakes hiring all kinds of people, or choosing friends, and then finding out later that, one way or another, they weren\u2019t what I thought they were. I found nothing in there that was beyond what I could picture myself doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>forbes valuation<\/h2>\n<p>Buffett, known as the \u201cOracle of Omaha\u201d as Berkshire Hathaway\u2019s chairman, is the 10th-richest person in the world with a fortune estimated at <u>$139.5 billion<\/u> as of Wednesday. Gates, who co-founded Microsoft in 1975, has an estimated net worth of <u>$105.6 billion<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1574\">Todd Blanche Says \u2018Sorry\u2019 To Epstein Victims\u2014But Defends DOJ\u2014In Testy Confirmation Hearing<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>key background<\/h2>\n<p>Buffett co-founded The Giving Pledge with Gates and his then-wife, Melinda French Gates, while pledging to give away 99% of his wealth. Buffett began donating annually to the Gates Foundation in 2006, though the donations were excluded from his midyear donations for the first time since 2006 on Tuesday, opting instead to give away thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shares to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Sherwood Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the Novo Foundation. Gates has <u>apologized<\/u> for his links to Epstein, which resulted in his divorce from Melinda French Gates in 2021, who stepped down as co-chair of the Gates Foundation in 2024. Disclosed emails between Gates and Epstein showed the financier was in contact with Gates Foundation staff. The charity <u>launched<\/u> an external review in April and has said it would receive an update about that investigation this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1573\">Sweetgreen, Chipotle And More Stocks Fall During Cyclospora Outbreak<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>further reading<\/h2>\n<p><span><span>Forbes<\/span><span>Warren Buffett Drops Gates Foundation From Nearly $6B In Donations\u2014First Time In 20 Years<\/span><small>By <span>Zachary Folk<\/span><\/small><\/span><span><\/span><span><span>Forbes<\/span><span>Buffett Delays Annual Gift To Gates Foundation Amid Scrutiny Over Epstein Ties, Report Says<\/span><small>By <span>Siladitya Ray<\/span><\/small><\/span><span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhile he made mistakes,\u201d Buffett said of his longtime friend, \u201cI made mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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