{"id":65622,"date":"2021-05-17T13:12:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=65622"},"modified":"2021-05-17T13:24:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:24:56","slug":"were-bill-gates-and-jeffrey-epstein-really-joined-at-the-hip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=65622","title":{"rendered":"Were Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein Really Joined at the Hip?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Gates And Epstein Traded Advice On Bill&#8217;s &#8216;Toxic&#8217; Marriage, Jeff&#8217;s Pedo Image Rehab During Secretive &#8220;Men&#8217;s Club&#8221; Gatherings<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/h1>\n<p>ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>A former Jeffrey Epstein insider claims that Bill Gates was a regular at the notorious pedophile&#8217;s $77 million Manhattan townhouse, where Epstein held &#8220;men&#8217;s club&#8221; &#8211; type gatherings for his closest pals (documented by his home&#8217;s alleged network of spy cameras, we&#8217;re sure).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bill%20and%20mel1a.png?itok=2Q7fc2r0\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bill%20and%20mel1a.png?itok=2Q7fc2r0\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bill%20and%20mel1a.png?itok=2Q7fc2r0\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"240\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"d5e22126-1a63-482a-8531-be3e52f2756d\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Gates,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Going to Jeffrey\u2019s was a respite from his marriage. It was a way of getting away from Melinda<\/strong>&#8221; according to one of\u00a0<strong><em>two insiders<\/em><\/strong>, who came forward to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jeffrey-epstein-gave-bill-gates-advice-on-how-to-end-toxic-marriage-sources-say\"><em>Daily Beast<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to break what we&#8217;re guessing is the first rule of elite pedo-lair club.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report,\u00a0<strong>Gates and Epstein traded advice<\/strong>\u00a0over their respective problems, while Gates &#8221;\u00a0met a rotating cast of bold-faced names and discussed worldly issues in between rounds of jokes and gossip\u2014a \u201cmen\u2019s club\u201d atmosphere that irritated Melinda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Gates used the gatherings at\u00a0<a class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jeffrey-epstein-sex-case-heres-what-the-feds-found-in-his-manhattan-mansion\">Epstein\u2019s $77 million New York townhouse<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0<strong>an escape from what he told Epstein was a \u201ctoxic\u201d marriage, a topic both men found humorous<\/strong>, a person who attended the meetings told The Daily Beast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The billionaire met Epstein\u00a0<strong>dozens of times<\/strong>\u00a0starting in 2011 and continuing through to 2014 mostly at the financier\u2019s Manhattan home\u2014a substantially higher number than has been previously reported. Their conversations took place years before\u00a0<a class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/bill-and-melinda-gates-announce-divorce-after-27-years\">Bill and Melinda Gates announced this month that they were splitting up<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Gates, in turn, encouraged Epstein to rehabilitate his image in the media following his 2008 guilty plea for soliciting a minor for prostitution<\/strong>, and discussed Epstein becoming involved with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. -Daily Beast<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to one of the insiders,\u00a0<strong>Epstein and Gates &#8220;were very close.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Gates (fleet of attorneys) told the\u00a0<em>Beast<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;Your characterization of his meetings with Epstein and others about philanthropy is inaccurate, including who participated. Similarly,\u00a0<strong>any claim that Gates spoke of his marriage or Melinda in a disparaging manner is false<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bill never received or solicited personal advice of any kind from Epstein\u2014 on marriage or anything else. Bill never complained about Melinda or his marriage to Epstein,&#8221; the rep continued.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<em>Beast<\/em>, &#8220;<a class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/melinda-gates-warned-bill-gates-about-jeffrey-epstein?ref=author\">Melinda Gates was furious<\/a>\u00a0over Bill\u2019s relationship with Epstein, and was put off by the creepy financier upon meeting him in September 2013, after the couple accepted an award at a New York City hotel. Melinda\u2019s anger, people familiar with the matter said, eventually led to the demise of Bill and Epstein\u2019s friendship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em>just reported that Melinda began consulting divorce attorneys in October, 2019 &#8211;\u00a0<strong>right around the time it was revealed that Bill and Epstein were pals<\/strong>. What&#8217;s more,\u00a0<strong>Microsoft board members wanted Bill gone in late 2019\u00a0<\/strong>after an internal investigation revealed that Gates had an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/bill-gates-urged-provide-epstein-evidence-ghislaine-maxwell-investigators\">inappropriate sexual relationship<\/a>\u00a0with a female Microsoft employee.<\/p>\n<p>Bill and Melinda Gates announced earlier this month that they were\u00a0<strong>ending their 27-year marriage<\/strong>\u00a0because, according to Melinda, the marriage was &#8220;irretrievably broken.&#8221; She had been working with attorneys since\u00a0<strong>at least 2019 to end it<\/strong>\u00a0according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/melinda-gates-was-meeting-with-divorce-lawyers-since-2019-to-end-marriage-with-bill-gates-11620579924?mod=article_inline\"><em>Journal<\/em><\/a>. And while the couple hasn&#8217;t revealed what prompted the split,\u00a0<strong>the\u00a0<em>Journal<\/em>\u00a0also reported that Bill&#8217;s dealings with Epstein was a &#8216;source of concern.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Daily Beast\u00a0<\/em>continues:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>People close to Bill Gates told The Daily Beast that t<strong>he deterioration of their relationship could be seen in Bill and Melinda\u2019s body language. The couple used to interact with \u201cmore laughter and ease,\u201d said one friend of Bill, who added that eventually, \u201cbeing around them was like arriving at a summit.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t like arriving at a dinner with a couple or something; it was more like two heads of state,\u201d the friend added. \u201cSo<strong>\u00a0that\u2019s why Epstein could have been a factor\u00a0<\/strong>[in their split], but was it the factor? That I fundamentally don\u2019t believe.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The friend said the couple\u2019s strictly regimented existence as billionaire philanthropists supplanted the more normal life and levity they enjoyed in younger years. \u201cBill is far less comfortable being out in the world,\u201d the person said. \u201cFor Bill, it was just so rare he was allowed to do normal things, which I think he really craved.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>To Bill, such \u201cnormal\u201d things included meeting new people over dinner at Epstein\u2019s home<\/strong>\u2014a break from the tech mogul\u2019s tightly choreographed schedule of events where he\u2019d be seated at the head table with the most prominent guests.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He likes nothing better than to get together and debate or lecture people, or tell everyone what he\u2019s doing with the polio vaccine. He has an ability, unlike any other person I\u2019ve ever met, to lecture to a table of people without stopping for an hour,&#8221; said one insider. &#8220;Anyone that gave him a stage for a performance and said, \u2018Bill, come talk to us about what you\u2019re passionate about,\u2019 that would be something he would enjoy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, we&#8217;d still like to know how Gates adviser\u00a0<strong>Boris Nikolic (pictured below), was named as a fallback executor in an will Epstein amended days before his August 10 death in a Manhattan jail cell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/gates%20group%201_2.jpg?itok=CIsddXUe\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/gates%20group%201_2.jpg?itok=CIsddXUe\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/gates%20group%201_2.jpg?itok=CIsddXUe\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"15811d74-7ec4-4cda-b587-ff4f1b19b90d\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Come to think of it, maybe someone should ask Larry Summers if he was ever in Epstein&#8217;s &#8220;men&#8217;s club&#8221; at the pedo lair.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/gates-and-epstein-traded-advice-bills-toxic-marriage-jeffs-pedo-image-rehab-during\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/gates-and-epstein-traded-advice-bills-toxic-marriage-jeffs-pedo-image-rehab-during<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gates And Epstein Traded Advice On Bill&#8217;s &#8216;Toxic&#8217; Marriage, Jeff&#8217;s Pedo Image Rehab During Secretive &#8220;Men&#8217;s Club&#8221; Gatherings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}