New York Times opinion writer Nicholas Kristof used his columns to promote the embattled tech mogul Bill Gates as recently as December 2025, long after unflattering revelations about Gates's close personal ties to Jeffrey Epstein—and the Microsoft billionaire's infidelities—spilled into public view. Kristof was even boosting Gates while denouncing Epstein for sexually exploiting women, according to a Washington Free Beacon review of the columnist’s writings. Kristof has for decades used his