Bill Gates responded: It was really stupid to spend time dealing with Epstein in the first place.

Bill Gates said in an interview: Yes, I met Jeffrey in 2011, and then had dinner with him several times over the next three years. He always said he knew many extremely wealthy people and claimed he could convince them to donate to global health causes. Looking back now, it was a total dead end. I have said this many times before - and I will reiterate it again today - that it was incredibly foolish to have spent time dealing with him.