Warren Buffett stopped making annual stock gifts to the Bill Gates Foundation for the first time in 20 years, following disclosures in the Epstein Files showing contact between Epstein and Gates Foundation staff and Gates' testimony before Congress about Epstein attempting to exploit his personal affairs. Gates has denied any involvement in Epstein's crimes and hasn't been accused of wrongdoing, but the revelations prompted Buffett's decision to redirect roughly $6 billion in planned charitable donations. The real story is that Epstein files contained references to Gates' extramarital affairs which the financier apparently tried to weaponize—a reputational threat that motivated Buffett's action even though no legal wrongdoing has been established.