Microsoft founder Bill Gates told CNN on Wednesday that he regrets spending time with Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire financier who was accused of child sex trafficking.
Driving the news: "It was a huge mistake to spend time with him, to give him the credibility of being there," Gates told CNN's Anderson Cooper.
- "I had several dinners with him, you know, hoping that what he said about getting billions of philanthropy for global health through contacts that he had might emerge," Gates said.
- "When it looked like that wasn't a real thing, that relationship ended."
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