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Bill Gates Wasn't Getting Advice. He Was Getting Nobel Intelligence.

Patrick Duggan
Feb 13
4 min read

# Bill Gates Wasn't Getting Advice. He Was Getting Nobel Intelligence.

The press narrative is that Bill Gates met with Jeffrey Epstein for "philanthropy advice" and regretted it. The documents tell a different story.

The Official Story

Gates has said his meetings with Epstein were about philanthropy and that he regrets the association. Microsoft's PR team has worked overtime to frame it as naive trust in a charming con man.

That's not what the documents show.

What the Documents Actually Show

We indexed 329,442 DOJ Epstein documents. Here's what we found about Gates, Epstein, and the Nobel Peace Prize.

Epstein was reporting Nobel Committee election results to Gates.

Document EFTA01918789: Bill Gates emails Epstein asking "I guess his peace prize committee job is also up in the air?"

The "his" is Thorbjorn Jagland - the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe and Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Document EFTA01918838: Epstein replies to Gates: "He was already elected two weeks ago to the next committee, so he will definitely be its leading member, however the election of the chairman position will only happen in nov. (looks good)"

This is inside intelligence on Nobel Peace Prize Committee elections being passed from Epstein to Bill Gates.

Epstein was brokering Gates-Jagland access.

Document EFTA01921974: Epstein writes to Gates: "I will be in paris on friday as well, probably with Jagland, if he keeps his sec gen position after elections on tues. happy to meet up if you have time"

Epstein wasn't just connected to Jagland. He was actively trying to arrange meetings between Gates and the Nobel Committee chairman.

Document EFTA01897964: Jagland writes to Epstein: "You said that Bills assistant asked for more information about 'The World Forum...'"

Which Bill's assistant was asking Jagland for information through Epstein?

Jagland was deeply embedded with Epstein.

Document EFTA02378365: Jagland writes to Epstein: "You should feel well for having done so much for us"

What did Epstein do "for" the Council of Europe Secretary-General?

Document EFTA02337310: Jagland writes: "I really need to understand more about Trump and what's going on in the American society."

Epstein was briefing the head of the Council of Europe on American politics.

Document EFTA02498472: Epstein writes to Noam Chomsky: "you would have been proud my friend the sec gen of the council of europe thorborn jagland had to give a speech on terrorism to the security council. Last night I presented your arguments, re hypocrisy, he was shocked but loved it."

Epstein was briefing Jagland on terrorism policy before Security Council speeches.

Document EFTA01910902: Jagland writes: "We have seen pictures of your island and of course we would be delighted to visit it"

The Nobel Peace Prize Committee chairman was planning to visit Little St. James.

The guest list tells the story.

Document EFTA02518446: Epstein describes one week of visitors to Kathy Ruemmler:

"this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland (council of europe and nobel chairman), mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boric (gates), jabor (qatar), sultan (dubai), kosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody"

That's Peter Thiel, Larry Summers, Bill Burns (now CIA Director), Gordon Brown (former UK Prime Minister), the Nobel Committee chairman, the President of Mongolia, Leon Black, and Woody Allen - in one week.

Epstein wasn't a financial advisor. He was running a salon for the most powerful people on Earth.

Governor Richardson was in on it too.

Document EFTA01885959: "Governor wants to give Jeffrey's friend from the Nobel Peace Prize..."

Governor Bill Richardson was using Epstein to broker introductions to the Nobel Committee.

Document EFTA01883515: Epstein emails Peter Mandelson: "jagland, head of the council of europe, and head of the nobel peace prize committee will be staying here this week"

Everyone in Epstein's network knew about the Jagland connection.

Why This Matters

Bill Gates didn't need philanthropy advice. He runs the largest private foundation in history.

What Gates couldn't easily get on his own was inside intelligence on Nobel Peace Prize Committee elections and direct access to the chairman.

The Nobel Peace Prize is the ultimate reputation laundering tool. For someone like Gates - facing criticism over monopoly practices, vaccine controversies, and his foundation's influence - a Nobel would be transformative.

Epstein had that access. The documents show he was actively sharing Nobel Committee intelligence with Gates and trying to arrange meetings.

The question isn't why Gates met with Epstein. The question is what Gates was willing to overlook to maintain that access.

Norway Should See This

Norwegian authorities just opened an "aggravated corruption" investigation into Jagland based on Epstein file revelations. The Council of Europe waived his immunity.

But do Norwegian prosecutors have these documents?

- Jagland thanking Epstein for "having done so much for us"

- Jagland planning to visit Epstein's island

- Epstein briefing Jagland before Security Council speeches

- Epstein reporting Jagland's election results to Bill Gates

- Governor Richardson using Epstein to access the Nobel Committee

487 documents mention Jagland in our index. The corruption investigation has barely scratched the surface.

Verify It Yourself

All documents referenced above are searchable at epstein.dugganusa.com

Search "Jagland Nobel" for the committee connections.

Search "Jagland Gates" for the intelligence sharing.

Search "Jagland island" for the Little St. James invitation.

Search "Jagland Trump" for the political briefings.

The documents are there. Someone needs to read them.

*Her name was Renee Nicole Good.*

*His name was Alex Jeffery Pretti.*