evidence: Indeed, we cannot of course condemn him on the evidence. What stands out however is that Gates associated with Epstein after the latter's criminal history was known, and associated the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with him (because Gates claims his visits to Epstein were in that capacity). One would think that Gates or his Foundation would have done some background investigation into a potential major donor/associate before Gates "had dinners" with him. Either there was more going on, or Gates is not as smart as many people make him out to be; let us be charitable and make the latter assumption.