Buffett says he doesn’t regret his donations to the Gates Foundation despite Epstein scandal | CNN Business

Warren Buffett said he doesn’t regret the billions he donated to the Gates Foundation despite revelations of the close ties between Bill Gates and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but that he is no longer talking to his close friend Gates. “I wish that certain things hadn’t happened,” Buffett, who has donated tens of billions worth of stock to the Gates Foundation, told CNBC Tuesday. But as for the work of the Foundation, he said, “It isn’t like they’re stealing money for themselves.” Buffett’s donations tallied $36 billion as of 2022, the Foundation reported, and he has made annual donations since then. However, he hasn’t decided the fate of next donation scheduled for June. The release of Epstein related documents by the Justice Department, totaling more than 3 million pages, contains numerous emails between Gates and Epstein showing them coordinating meetings and discussing Gates’ philanthropic work. It also has comments written by Epstein himself suggesting sexual misdeeds by Gates. Gates has reportedly apologized to Foundation staff for his ties to Epstein, calling his relationship with him “a huge mistake,” but has strongly denied the claims o