Warren Buffett is withholding his routine multi‑billion‑dollar donation to the Gates Foundation while he awaits the results of an external review into the foundation's past contacts with Jeffrey Epstein.Mark Suzman commissioned the review after documents and emails released by the Department of Justice showed communications between Jeffrey Epstein and foundation staff, renewing scrutiny of Bill Gates, who says meeting Jeffrey Epstein was a mistake and denies wrongdoing.Buffett, who has donated more than $47B in
Berkshire Hathaway stock to the
Gates Foundation over two decades, says he will wait for the review's findings and may delay his customary Thanksgiving contribution; Epstein died in prison and was accused by the
FBI and the
Department of Justice of widespread abuse.