Buffett may end donations to Gates charity over Bill's ties to Epstein
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Revelations about Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Bill Gates have strained his friendship with Warren Buffett and the Omaha billionaire's annual multi-billion-dollar donations to the Gates Foundation.
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In this article BRK.B BRK.A Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT (This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Buffett may end donations to Gates Foundation over Bill's ties to Epstein Revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein files about the notorious sex offender's connections to Bill Gates have severely strained, and perhaps ended, the Microsoft co-founder's famous friendship with Warren Buffett. They could also prompt Buffett to cut off his annual multi-billion-dollar donations to the Gates Foundation . In a one-hour-plus sit-down interview (full audio and transcript appear below) that aired on Tuesday's "Squawk Box," Buffett told Becky Quick he has not talked to Gates "at all since the whole thing was unveiled." Asked if he is still "good friends" with Gates, Buffett replied they'd had "great times together," but "until it gets cleared up ... I just don't think it makes sense to do a lot of talking." Noting that his "memory is no good anymore," Buffett added, "I don't want to be under oath, in terms of trying to remember everything over 30 years, or 20 years, the foundation's done, or anything like that." "I didn't have anything to do with it, except I put money in it." watch now VIDEO 10:45 10:45 Warren Buffett on Epstein files: Haven't spoken to Bill Gates 'since the whole thing unveiled' Squawk Box In response to Quick's question on whether he will continue to give money to the Gates Foundation, Buffett said, "I'll wait and see what unfolds ... I don't have to make that decision today. And I haven't made it today." "I've learned things I didn't know about something for all these years." Buffett said he doesn't think "Bill had anything to do with girls or the island or anything like that," but he still wants to learn more as revelations continue. Buffett is relieved he "never came near" Epstein, calling him a "sens...
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