{"id":82370,"date":"2026-04-23T08:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82370"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:09:48","slug":"gates-under-scrutiny-over-ties-to-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/gates-under-scrutiny-over-ties-to-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Gates Under Scrutiny Over Ties To Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Gates Foundation is reviewing its ties to convicted sex offender\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/jeffrey-epstein\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/span>, the global health funder confirmed Wednesday, as its only remaining founder faces mounting scrutiny over his appearances in\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/epstein-trump-musk-andrew-tisch-google-682447e50bf9a3643a36c9b54ccdfa22\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Justice Department documents<\/a><\/span>\u00a0related to its investigation of the disgraced financier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Microsoft founder Bill Gates\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bill-gates-foundation-jeffrey-epstein-files-61740ea33bf1a13b0f7d458fa711518e\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">reportedly spoke \u201ccandidly\u201d about his relationship<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to Epstein in a February town hall meeting of the influential foundation he started with his ex-wife Melinda French Gates. But the external probe marks the nonprofit\u2019s plainest attempt yet to address associations that have cast a pall over its concentrated\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gates-foundation-annual-letter-8f2c7fe520986786a11a33b2cfce2fcd\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">efforts to end preventable maternal\/child deaths<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and control key infectious diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1776931788\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Gates Under Scrutiny Over Ties To Epstein\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: The Gates Foundation is reviewing its ties to convicted sex offender\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein, the global health funder confirmed Wednesday,.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82371,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82370\/revisions\/82371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}