Bill Gates says it was a "huge mistake" to spend time with Jeffrey Epstein

Bill Gates has opened up about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. Speaking with Anderson Cooper on CNN Wednesday night, Gates called it "a huge mistake" to spend time with Epstein.

Epstein was arrested and charged with sex trafficking by federal prosecutors in 2019. He was found dead in his jail cell that year while awaiting trial, and a medical examiner ruled his death a suicide.  Gates' relationship with the elusive Epstein began in 2011, after he was convicted of sex crimes, The New York Times reported in 2019.