Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff Over Epstein Ties

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: Wall Street Journal

Bill Gates apologized to staff of the Gates Foundation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, admitting he made mistakes that had cast a cloud over the philanthropic group while insisting he didn’t participate in Epstein’s crimes. In a town hall on Tuesday, the Microsoft co-founder acknowledged that he had two affairs with Russian women that Epstein later discovered, but that they didn’t involve Epstein’s victims. “I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit,” Gates said, according to a recording reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Gates said images in the recently released Epstein files showing him with women whose faces are redacted were pictures that Epstein asked him to take with Epstein’s assistants after their meetings. “To be clear I never spent any time with victims, the women around him,” Gates said. “It was a huge mistake to spend time with Epstein” and bring Gates Foundation executives into meetings with the sex offender, Gates said. “I apologize to other people who are drawn into this because of the mistake that I made.”

The billionaire said he met with Epstein starting in 2011, years after Epstein had pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor for prostitution. Gates said he was aware of some “18-month thing” that had limited Epstein’s travel but said he didn’t properly check his background. Gates said he continued meeting with Epstein even after his then-wife Melinda French Gates expressed concerns in 2013.

“Knowing what I know now makes it, you know, a hundred times worse in terms of not only his crimes in the past, but now it’s clear there was ongoing bad behavior,” Gates told staff. Speaking of his ex-wife, he added: “To give her credit, she was always kind of skeptical about the Epstein thing.”

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[niyad]

1. Took you long enough, bill.

[travelingthrulife]

2. Nope. Not good enough.

[mwmisses4289]

3. Amazing how all these folks "saw nothing illicit"

even as many of them indulged in said illicit activities.

[Bluetus]

6. It was "some 18 month thing"

It is beyond any credibility that he could not have known of Epstein's convictions, especially considering his wife was telling him about that.

That puts everything else he said into question, especially the part about the Russian affairs not being engineered by Epstein. That is completely unbelievable.

What is highly believable is that Putin or one of his people worked with Epstein to arrange the encounters with Gates. And it is certainly possible that Gates didn't know that Epstein was doing that. Epstein did the same thing with Trump, supplying Melania, although Trump was well aware that was an Epstein deal.

The key point is that this was not a sex ring. This was an international kompromat scheme that use sex as the bait.

It might be true that Gates never went to the island, and that Gates never enjoyed any of Epstein's young girls. Actually I think that is probably true because Putin might have figured that just having the evidence of the affairs would be sufficient kompromat for anything he would want from Gates.

At any rate, Gates should come clean 100% now and explain why he allowed Trump to force him to deny climate change. That is a question that needs a clear answer.

[travelingthrulife]

8. Sasha Riley, who has said he was one of the victims said the parties went on for days

and initially it was like a regular party so it is possible some attended these parties on day 1 only when there was not much going on.

The point was to incriminate people by just their attendance at these parties. Worked like a charm.

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. "Sw nothing"

Sorry, don't believe you. The best thing you can do is resign from public life, and do something actually useful with your money for humanity.

[travelingthrulife]

10. Resigning is not enough. They have all conspired to keep this secret.

[Scrivener7]

5. Wonder if he thought the two Russian women were there because

of his charisma and irresistable good looks.

[iscooterliberally]

7. Good people are not billionaires. n/t

[twodogsbarking]

9. Y'all don't believe him?

[Qutzupalotl]

11. "It looks like you're trying to write an apology. Would you like some help with that?"

[Icanthinkformyself]

12. A claim of ignorance is not a reasonable basis for not saying something.

When several of the people you are partying with late into the night do not appear quite old enough to be there one is 'on notice' that something not right is happening. To continue as a participant in such a case makes you, Mr. Gates, guilty of, at minimum, being witness to crimes you failed to report. The crimes you witnessed are felonies. For the wife to divorce you over this informs us that you are deeper into the sh!t than you claim. Use you wealth, much of it from criminal activity, like most robber barons, to start a victims fund and pay for the investigation of additional Epstein co-conspirators that DOJ refuses to go after.

[Faux pas]

13. I don't care how much epstein's buds protest,

if you were on the plane, you're a member of the club.

[Hugin]

15. Yeah, you fly with the fleas...

You sleep with the metaphorical fishes.

[Faux pas]

18. Lol Good One!

[Hugin]

14. The classic "mistakes were made" mea culpa...

Come on Bill. You can do better.

[KPN]

16. Fuck Bill Gates. That's all.

His "apologies" warrant nothing greater.

[hoosierspud]

17. It is alleged that Bill picked up an STI from

These Russian women and consulted Epstein on how to surreptitiously medicate Melinda.

[IbogaProject]

19. Slipping someone medication without their knowledge is universally a criminal act

Legally it isn't different than poisoning someone. What if she had sun sensitivity or mixed alcohol or other incompatible stuff while also unknowingly taking a slipped poison, which is what antibiotics are?

[in2herbs]

20. IIRC during his divorce his wife claimed that part of their marital agreement was that he would be allowed to "vacation"

with other women for 2 weeks a year. I wonder what stories his ex could tell, if she's not constrained by a NDA.

[FakeNoose]

24. It sounds like the "two weeks" got extended in the later years of their marriage

Melinda might have heard rumors, but she probably decided she didn't want to know.

[Wonder Why]

21. Are you saying, Bill, that you are only a lowlife disgusting human and not a lowlife disgusting pig like

your favorite charity, the Fat Pig?

Is that like being only a little bit pregnant?

[samnsara]

22. OK..Melinda needs to demand more money so she can..buy the Seahawks.

..she knew about this and instantly divorced him. she could have got so much more.

[samnsara]

23. are these the two russian girls/women who may be buried at Zoro ranch?

..do they always travel in pairs?

[bluestarone]

25. Well, i was gonna give him a small break, (no under age girls) but NOW i don't believe what he's say after a

Picture of him APPLAUDING for TSF last night. FUCK HIM!! He's covering up.

[UpInArms]

26. bullshit

how about that std you gave to your wife?

i hate lying liars

[CozyMystery]

27. These apologists are so full of it. They all sound the same. nt

[lapfog_1]

28. paying women ( over the legal age of consent )

is still "illicit" in most of the USA. Certain counties in Nevada are exempt.

From Wikipedia : paying someone for sex is illegal in almost all jurisdictions. The only exceptions are in certain rural counties of Nevada where licensed brothels are permitted, and in Maine, where selling sex is decriminalized but buying it is still a crime

so really, where did the sex take place? Was money or gifts given with the expectation of sex?

[Bluestocking]

29. This is why these people need to be taxed at 90%

No society benefits from billionaires

[Deuxcents]

30. These *mistakes* cost him his marriage and breakup of his family, his reputation but he didn't see or know anything

About what was going on while in the company of Epstein. Maybe one day he’ll have the character or backbone to help put the pieces together, both financially and physically with these people he vacationed with. Until then, he’s dirty

[usonian]

31. "I apologize for getting caught."

MY COPILOT LET ME DOWN BY TATTLING"

[fujiyamasan]

32. What a shame

He’s done a lot of good post Microsoft with his foundation. But this late “barely an apology” is pathetic and unacceptable. It’s also not even believable.

At this point he’s just a creepy and dirty old man who may have been a child rapist. Yuck. Go away. And fuck you as well. Your ex is much smarter than you. Same goes with Bezos’ ex.