As the world continues to pore through the millions of files on Jeffrey Epstein released by the U.S. government, the fallout has hit an increasingly large number of people and institutions, and this week the spotlight fell on the Gates Foundation.
It’s been widely reported that Gates admits to first meeting Epstein in 2011 — three years after Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting prostitution from a minor — and attended dinners with him over a three-year period. Epstein’s emails contain some fairly lurid allegations, which Gates has denied. Gates has apologized for “every minute” spent with Epstein.
Now, as first reported by Reuters, it appears that Gates Foundation staff were also involved in correspondence with Epstein. The files contain multiple emails in which Bill Gates and employees of his foundation seem to have become wrapped up in plans to set up a donor-advised fund to pull in funds from rich individuals known to Epstein.