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Buffett may end donations to Gates charity over Bill's ties to Epstein
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Summary
Revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein files about the notorious sex offender's connections to Bill Gates have severely strained, and perhaps ended, the Microsoft co-founder's famous friendship with Warren Buffett. They could also prompt Buffett to cut off his annual multi-billion-dollar donations to the Gates Foundation. In a one-hour-plus sit-down interview (full audio and transcript appear below) that aired on Tuesday's "Squawk Box," Buffett told Becky Quick he has not talked to Gates "at all since the whole thing was unveiled. Asked if he is still "good friends" with Gates, Buffett replied they'd had "great times together," but "until it gets cleared up.