Bill Gates says he regrets giving a $2 million donation to MIT through Jeffrey Epstein which the since deceased pedophile had almost unrestricted ability to redirect.

"I wish I hadn't met with him," Gates said about Epstein according to Axios on Tuesday. The head of Microsoft said he was not that well connected with Epstein, describing it as neither a "business or personal relationship — I wouldn't go that far."

Epstein, 66, contained control over the money Gates had donated to MIT even after the gift had been given.

In another interview, Gates said he only knew Epstein as a person who got people into philanthropy.

"I won't say I knew him that well, because he was introduced to me as somebody who could bring more people into philanthropy," he said.

Earlier this month, the New Yorker revealed that MIT had continued to take money directed from Epstein. Furthermore, the convicted pedophile had recruited other donations including from Gates.

Epstein was found dead by hanging in his New York jail cell in August. Authorities are still investigating his life and potential associates that enabled his sex trafficking and pedophilia.