"'girls?' careful i will renew an old habit" -- Jeffrey Epstein, with Bill Gates dinner at 7pm "I had dinners with him." -- Bill Gates THE BILL GATES FILES: THE GATEKEEPER Bill Gates has described his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein as "dinners." Social occasions. Nothing more. The documents show something else entirely. Epstein controlled who saw Gates. He blocked bank CEOs. Denied access to former heads of state. Ran full-day schedules -- five power brokers in one day, every meeting curated by a convicted sex offender. Gates at six locations across three continents. Photos of Gates framed in the dining room. Larry Summers rearranging his entire schedule for tea cakes at a sex offender's house. And Gates reporting back on each guest afterward, rating them for Epstein's benefit. This wasn't "dinners." This was access control. And Epstein held the keys. Every quote below is verbatim from DOJ files. THE SCHEDULE September 8, 2014. Epstein's assistant emailed the day's schedule: "10:00am Meet Bill Gates and Tom Pritzker at the Park Hyatt 11:30am Walk over to Leon Black's office w/Bill Gates 12:00pm Larry Summers to join the meeting w/Bill Gates 2:00pm Mort Zuckerman to meet you at 71st w/Bill Gates 3-3:30pm Meet Kathy Ruemmler at the Four Seasons w/Bill Gates" [EFTA01749584]. Five meetings. Five power brokers. One day. Tom Pritzker -- the billionaire hotel heir. Leon Black -- the Apollo Global founder. Larry Summers -- Clinton's Treasury Secretary. Mort Zuckerman -- owner of the New York Daily News. Kathy Ruemmler -- Obama's White House Counsel. All scheduled by a convicted sex offender. All orbiting Bill Gates. It wasn't a one-off. December 3, 2010. Epstein to Peggy Siegal, the day after hosting a dinner with Prince Andrew: "We could have another one at the house on monday with Bill Gates.. Larry summers. and one of the middle Eastern Sheiks. Who would we invite?" [EFTA01980216]. A convicted sex offender designing the guest list for a dinner featuring the world's richest man, a former Treasury Secretary, and a Middle Eastern sheikh. March 20, 2012. Epstein's assistant prepared the proposed attendee list for a summit called "Seminar-MONEY": Marc Andreessen. Jeff Bezos. Sergey Brin. Bill Gates. Danny Hillis. Danny Kahneman. Michael Milken. Nathan Myhrvold. Larry Page. Tom Pritzker. Eric Schmidt. Jim Simons. Jes Staley. Peter Thiel [EFTA01770469]. The founders of Google. The CEO of Amazon. The founders of PayPal and Netscape. All assembled by a registered sex offender. December 1, 2014. Epstein's assistant to Josh Harris's assistant at Apollo Management: "Jeffrey Epstein would like to invite Josh to breakfast on Dec. 5th at Jeffrey's home in NY... Bill Gates will be in attendance. The breakfast will be intimate...less than 6 people" [EFTA02089974]. Gates' name -- used as bait. Sent from a convicted sex offender's office to recruit a billionaire private equity founder. THE GATE Epstein decided who got access to Gates. And who didn't. January 24, 2011. Peter Mandelson -- former UK First Secretary of State -- emailed Epstein: "Do you think idea for me to see Bill Gates next week?" Epstein forwarded to Boris Nikolic: "i only want it you me and bill, how would you like me to respond." Boris: "No! it should be only three of us not peter" [EFTA02010633]. A UK politician asking a convicted sex offender for permission to see Bill Gates. Denied. December 4, 2014. Epstein's assistant to Jes Staley's assistant at JPMorgan: "I asked Jeffrey about the Bill Gates meeting tomorrow morning and Jes attending, and he just said 'no'... sorry about that!" [EFTA02088768]. The CEO of JPMorgan's investment bank. Asking a convicted sex offender for permission to attend a Gates breakfast. "He just said no." But Staley had gone through Epstein before. January 4, 2012 -- three years earlier. Epstein's assistant emailed Jeffrey: "Rosa from Jes' office called asking if we might be able to help Jes get a one on one with Bill Gates while they are both at Davos" [EFTA02016384]. The CEO of JPMorgan's investment bank. Going through a convicted sex offender's secretary to reach Bill Gates. This was not a one-time request. It was standard practice. January 16, 2014. Joi Ito -- director of the MIT Media Lab -- to Epstein, CC Reid Hoffman: "Can you help us set up a time with Bill?" [EFTA01937799]. The head of one of the world's most prestigious research labs. Asking a convicted sex offender to broker his meetings. July 11, 2017. Greg Wyler, founder of OneWeb, to Epstein: "Is it worthwhile for me to see Bill Gates if he is there? Is that something you could help arrange?" [EFTA02643684]. 2017. Nine years after the conviction. Four years after the blackmail letters. A satellite company CEO still asking a registered sex offender whether it was "worthwhile" to see Bill Gates. The man who decided whether a former head of state, the CEO of JPMorgan, the director of MIT Media Lab, and a satellite company founder could see Bill Gates was a registered sex offender operating from 9 East 71st Street. From 2011 to 2017. THE ORBIT Gates was not just at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse. The relationship spanned six locations across three continents -- and the geography tells a story of escalation. February 5, 2011. Epstein to Larry Summers: "You and I are invited to Seattle to spend serious time with Bill Gates" [EFTA01832430]. Gates inviting Epstein and Summers to his home city. Early in the relationship, Epstein went to Gates. February 25, 2013. Epstein to Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision: "not going to a dinner, just holding court in the westin in bill gates suite" [EFTA00954885]. By 2013, Epstein was using Gates' hotel suite at TED to receive his own visitors. Not his own room. Gates' suite. March 1, 2013. Epstein to Peggy Siegal: "Im in palm beach, with bill gates at the house." Siegal: "Very exciting about Bill Gates. Where is Melinda?" [EFTA01901796]. Gates at Epstein's Palm Beach house. Without Melinda. Even a socialite noticed her absence. July 1, 2013. Epstein to Alexandre de Rothschild: "re Bill yes he left early from my house in paris." Rothschild: "I was meant to see Bill Gates 2 weeks ago but he had to return earlier than planned" [EFTA01968383]. Gates at Epstein's house in Paris. A Rothschild asking Epstein to broker the next meeting. February 9, 2013. Epstein to Boris Nikolic: "If Bill melinda and kids want to come to the island 22, or 23rd, i can organizie for my heli to pick up in st bart" [EFTA01905804]. The island. Helicopter pickup. Bill, Melinda, and the children. A convicted sex offender inviting the entire Gates family to the same Caribbean island that survivors would later describe in federal court. Seattle. TED. Palm Beach. Paris. The island. The orbit widened with each year. And at every location, Epstein was the host. THE DRAW Gates didn't just attend. His presence pulled others into Epstein's orbit. April 30, 2011. Epstein's assistant to Larry Summers: "Bill Gates will have already eaten dinner prior to his arrival... Jeffrey will only be serving tea cakes, dessert, coffee." Summers: "Fine. Pls make sure w jeffrey this is going to happen because I am pretzeling sched big time to be there. Looking fwd." Epstein: "yes its on" [EFTA01868870]. A former Treasury Secretary rearranging his entire schedule for tea cakes at a sex offender's house. Because Gates would be there. February 1, 2011. Boris to Epstein: "Bill is thanking you for last night and says that it was fantastic" [EFTA01778980]. Gates' gratitude, channeled through his science advisor, to a convicted sex offender. The morning after. January 9, 2012. Epstein to Tom Barrack, Colony Capital CEO: "IN the dining room there are photos of Bill Gates with Larry Summers taken at the house the other day, should I have someone take them down, or is he ok with competition" [EFTA01844429]. Gates and Summers. Framed. In a convicted sex offender's dining room. Not hidden -- displayed. A trophy. Proof of access for the next visitor. The world's richest man was Epstein's most powerful draw. Every guest who entered 71st Street saw those photos. Every guest understood what they meant. THE REVIEWS December 11, 2014. Gates to Epstein, CC Larry Cohen: "I enjoyed the breakfast a lot. All of the attendees were interesting people... It is pretty clear to me that someone young like Josh wants he and his family to have a more hands on approach... Reid is always fascinating to talk to... I think the breakfast was a success in terms of relationships I value" [EFTA02356648]. Gates rating Reid Hoffman. Josh Harris. Ron Baron. Reporting to a convicted sex offender who curated the room. "Relationships I value" -- valued by Gates, curated by Epstein. The next day, Epstein coached Gates on how to pitch harder: "as usual everyone liked you alot. each surprised by how knowledgeable you were about many various subjects. however not one of them understood what the Daf idea meant to you... I suggest we have another meeting. Let me run it. moderate it" [EFTA01003196]. "Let me run it." A convicted sex offender offering to moderate Bill Gates' next philanthropic pitch to a room full of billionaires. And there is no record of Gates saying no. THE CURRENCY Gates' name was not just currency for philanthropy. It was Epstein's most valuable asset for rebuilding his public life. October 2, 2013. An advisor to Epstein, after Woody Allen's molestation allegations resurfaced: "be seen with bill gates or Tony Blair... you are always making things worse for yourself" [EFTA02575836]. The advice was explicit: use Gates' reputation as a shield. A convicted sex offender's own advisor telling him that proximity to Bill Gates was the path back to respectability. Epstein took the advice. He framed photos of Gates in his dining room. He curated rooms full of power brokers and placed Gates at the center. He offered Gates' name to journalists. May 19, 2018. Seven months before arrest. Epstein to journalist Michael Wolff: "bill gates. nathan mhyvold. ?" Wolff: "All v good. More women. An Arab. Bannon." Epstein: "woody allen. noam chomsky. ehud barak. james watson... leon black. tom pritzker. larry summers" [EFTA02661562]. 2018. Still trading Gates' name alongside Woody Allen and Leon Black. The currency never depreciated. THE VERDICT "I had dinners with him." The CEO of JPMorgan going through a convicted sex offender's secretary to see Bill Gates. A helicopter offered for the Gates children to visit the island. Photos of Gates framed in the dining room -- trophies for the next visitor. Gates rating each guest for Epstein afterward -- "Relationships I value." Epstein coaching the pitch -- "Let me run it." Gates' name still being traded alongside Woody Allen in 2018. Not dinners. A system. Eight years. Twenty-one documents. And the world's richest man was its centerpiece. Every quote verbatim from DOJ files. Next: THE FOUNDATION. How a convicted sex offender penetrated the Gates Foundation itself -- registered as a formal visitor, CC'd on $2.5 million grants, directing the General Counsel, using Foundation letterhead for his own operations. 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