Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]
“Bill Gates ‘took responsibility for his actions’ over ties to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a town hall meeting with employees of the Gates Foundation, a spokesperson for the philanthropic group told Reuters in a written statement on Tuesday. The spokesperson’s comments came in response to a Wall Street Journal report, which cited a recording of the comments Gates made in the town hall. Documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have indicated that Gates and Epstein met repeatedly after Epstein’s prison term to discuss expanding the Microsoft founder’s philanthropic efforts. … Gates also acknowledged that he had two affairs with Russian women that Epstein later discovered, but that they did not involve Epstein’s victims. ‘I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit,’ Gates told the staff, according to the report.” (02/25/26)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gates-foundation-epstein-apology-9.7105036