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Epstein's Ties to Gates Foundation Spark Ethical Review

3/23/2026

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Jeffrey Epstein, the financier, had undisclosed links with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, prompting a review of communications.
Documents reveal extensive ties, including a personal loan to Terje Rød-Larsen, a think-tank head under corruption investigation.
The foundation says funding targeted polio eradication, but reports cite questionable hiring of young Eastern European women.
Epstein's comments about these women further complicate the narrative and raise questions about the foundation's ethics.

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Story summary

Jeffrey Epstein, the financier, had undisclosed links with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, prompting a review of communications.
Documents reveal extensive ties, including a personal loan to Terje Rød-Larsen, a think-tank head under corruption investigation.
The foundation says funding targeted polio eradication, but reports cite questionable hiring of young Eastern European women.
Epstein's comments about these women further complicate the narrative and raise questions about the foundation's ethics.