Bill Gates attended a 2013 meeting in Strasbourg with Jeffrey Epstein at the home of the then chairman of Norway's Nobel Committee, it has been claimed, amid comments from ex-staffers who say the Microsoft founder turned a blind eye to Epstein's reputation because he thought he could help him get the Nobel Peace Prize.
According to Norwegian newspaper DNMagasinet, Epstein and Gates arrived together at the meeting in March 2013. It took place in Strasborug, at the home of former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland and Gates asked for it.
Jagland was the chairman of Norway's Nobel Committee at the time.
Also at the meeting were representatives of IPI - a think tank whose work focuses on healthcare and vaccination. According to the report, Epstein introduced Gates to representatives of IPI.
Since the meeting, The Gates Foundation has given millions to the think tank to help fund, in part, a polio eradication project.
'Bill Gates asked for a meeting as he visited Strasbourg. He was interested in the Council of Europe’s work to safeguard medicines for everyone. The Council of Europe, carries a very important international convention on this issue, and counterfeit medicines are a big problem.
'They came to my Residence with their respective delegations. Bill Gates and Epstein arrived together, followed by the others. I made an introduction on the European system for controlling medicines. After that, the conversation advanced further,' Jagland said.
The meeting in 2013 was revealed this week as former staffers of The Gates Foundation claimed anonymously that Gates turned a blind eye to Epstein's 2010 conviction for child prostitution solicitation, and pursued an acquaintanceship with him because he thought he might help him get the Nobel Peace Prize.
All of the fresh details of Epstein's relationship with Gates and the extent of it have emerged since Gates announced his divorce from his wife Melinda on May 4.
A source told The Daily Beast on Monday: 'We were aware of things that were potential reputational risks for the foundation and the co-chairs, Bill and Melinda.
Even back then, people knew this guy wasn’t squeaky clean,' the person said, referring to Epstein.
'He thought that Jeffrey would be able to help him, that he would know the right people, or some kind of way to massage things, so he could get the Nobel Peace Prize.
'I think he was ultimately disappointed it didn’t work out.'
Gates met the disgraced, late pedophile in 2011.
Epstein had pitched an investment fund to The Gates Foundation. At the time, he'd already been in prison for soliciting a child prostitute.
It didn't stop Gates from visiting his Manhattan townhouse on multiple occasions and even flying on his private jet. Sources previously cited by The Daily Beast say the association ended in 2013, after Melinda warned her husband against Epstein
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