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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

In 2019, Gates characterized his relationship with Epstein as a ‘huge mistake’.

Probably because it was the final straw for his wife Melinda, and Gates wasn't happy how much she would take in the divorce. Considering he was a serial philanderer and often used his position at Microsoft as a way to meet women (including Melinda!), it's not like he respected that marriage or his wife very much, so it can't be that he's sad about losing her or something, so my bet is on sad he was going to lose a lot of wealth over his Epstein connections.

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Oh, I too doubt the regret is for anything beyond "I got caught and this makes me look bad shash will directly cost me money slash power slash influence". I only made the reference to say that Gates' ties to Epstein were known well before 2026.