Warren Buffett cuts Gates Foundation donations over Epstein links
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett (R) and Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and director at Berkshire Hathaway, sit together during an interview in Omaha, U.S., May 8, 2017. (AP Photo)


Warren Buffett announced Tuesday he has stopped donating to the Gates Foundation after revelations about Bill Gates' interactions with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Buffett said ​he ​is donating ⁠about $6 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock, comprising 12 million Class B shares, to four family foundations overseen by his daughter Susie and sons Howard and Peter.

He also said he will donate his remaining Berkshire shares "one way or the ⁠other," ⁠to the four foundations by Dec. 31, 2034.

The 95-year-old Berkshire chairman did not mention the Gates Foundation, which has received more than $47 billion of the conglomerate's stock since Buffett in 2006 made ⁠what he called an irrevocable pledge to donate shares throughout his lifetime. Buffett's donation was ​more than $4.5 billion last year.

Bill Gates ​told members of Congress in June that he "did ⁠not fully ‌understand ‌the extent" of Epstein's crimes ⁠when he associated with ‌the late convicted sex offender ​to raise money for ⁠his philanthropic foundation.

Gates also ⁠testified that he never witnessed ⁠any criminal conduct ​from Epstein.