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Bill Gates foundation met with Jeffrey Epstein about 30 times, external review finds

Staff ‘raised on multiple occasions’ risks of tech mogul’s philanthropic body associating with disgraced financier A new external review commissioned by the Gates Foundation has found that there were “roughly 30 meetings” between Jeffrey Epstein and foundation leaders and staff – including Bill Gates – between 2011 and 2014, even as foundation staff “raised on multiple occasions the risks of associating with Epstein…

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Bill Gates foundation met with Jeffrey Epstein about 30 times, external review finds

Epstein met with Bill Gates and foundation leaders around 30 times, report findsSky News – Front Page
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Epstein met with Bill Gates and foundation leaders around 30 times, report finds

Jeffrey Epstein met with 10 leaders of The Gates Foundation - including billionaire Bill Gates - around 30 times, according to an external review for the charity.

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