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"Very Very Smart and As Boring" - Epstein's Assessment of Eric Schmidt

Patrick Duggan
Feb 11
3 min read

# "Very Very Smart and As Boring" - Epstein's Assessment of Eric Schmidt

The Boat Invitation

February 24, 2013.

Todd Meister, Epstein's associate, emails:

*"Eric Schmidt invited me to come on his boat this coming weekend. Is he a good friend of yours? Can I mention you etc... Anything interesting here?"*

Epstein's response:

*"you can mention me, have not seen him for quite a while but i had just talked to ian osbourne and asked that he set up a lunch or dinner with eric„ he is very very smart and as boring"*

Very very smart. And as boring.

That's Jeffrey Epstein's assessment of the man who ran Google.

The Network Broker

Epstein wasn't just connected to Schmidt. He was brokering Schmidt to others.

**EFTA01897924** (April 2013):

*"you can ask eric if he would like to meet ehud with you, i don't have to be there"*

Ehud. As in Ehud Barak. Former Prime Minister of Israel. Former Defense Minister. Former IDF Chief of Staff.

Epstein casually offering to connect Google's CEO to one of the most powerful intelligence figures in Israeli history.

The Dinner Planning

**EFTA01896776** (March 2013):

The schedule shows dinner planning with:

- Ehud Barak

- Eric Schmidt

- Peter Mandelson (UK politician, later investigated for Epstein ties)

- Jes Staley (JPMorgan, later fired over Epstein ties)

- Mort Zuckerman (media billionaire)

The note at the bottom: *"CAN ERIC SCHMIDT, WALTER ISAACSON ATTEND?"*

This wasn't a coincidence. This was curation.

"Big Supporter of Ours"

**EFTA02335783** (April 2003):

Ghislaine Maxwell, discussing dinner invites:

*"Eric may come too... eric schmidt is founder of google, big supporter of ours"*

Big supporter of ours.

That's how Maxwell described Schmidt. In 2003. A decade before the boat invitations and Barak introductions.

The Intelligence Angle

Eric Schmidt connecting to Ehud Barak through Epstein.

Schmidt later became chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Board.

Schmidt advised the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.

And his introduction to one of Israel's top intelligence figures came through a sex trafficker.

What Schmidt Knew

By February 2013, when the boat invitation came:

- Epstein had been convicted in 2008

- Flight logs had been public

- Multiple victim lawsuits were ongoing

Schmidt knew who Epstein was. The association continued.

By April 2013, Epstein was offering to broker meetings with Ehud Barak.

The "very very smart and as boring" man stayed in the orbit.

The Social Calculus

*"Is he a good friend of yours? Can I mention you?"*

Todd Meister was using Epstein as social currency with Eric Schmidt.

Epstein's name opened doors. Even after conviction. Even with Google's CEO.

That's not just networking. That's power.

The Pattern

Schmidt wasn't the only Google executive:

**Sergey Brin** - Dinners at Jeffrey's house, offered to bring Schmidt

**Larry Page** - $55K helicopter charter for St Barts trip

**Schmidt** - Boat invitations, dinner planning, Barak introduction

All three Google founders in the Epstein orbit. All documented. All verified.

Verify It Yourself

**epstein.dugganusa.com**

Search: *Eric Schmidt* - 1,000+ documents

Search: *Schmidt Barak* - The intelligence connection

Search: *Schmidt boat* - The social network

Key Documents:

- **EFTA01904675** - Boat invitation query

- **EFTA01904690** - "Very very smart and as boring"

- **EFTA01897924** - Barak introduction offer

- **EFTA01896776** - Dinner planning

- **EFTA02335783** - "Big supporter of ours"

Every document searchable. Every quote verified.

The Questions

When Schmidt served on Pentagon advisory boards, did anyone ask about his Epstein connections?

Did the NSA know that Schmidt's introduction to Ehud Barak came through a sex trafficker?

What other introductions did Epstein broker for Google's leadership?

And when Schmidt's boat was mentioned - what happened on those boat weekends?

*"you can ask eric if he would like to meet ehud with you, i don't have to be there"*

*- Jeffrey Epstein offering to connect Google's CEO to Israel's former Prime Minister, April 2013*

*EFTA01897924. We indexed it.*

*Her name was Renee Nicole Good.*

*His name was Alex Jeffery Pretti.*