Bill Gates continues to backtrack and admit a lot of crazy stuff about Jeffrey Epstein. It’s wild. Initially, years ago, Bill Gates swore up and down that he barely knew Epstein, that they’d only spoken a few times, that they didn’t have any kind of friendship or anything. Gates’ name then appeared all over the Epstein Files, including what looked like an extortion attempt by Epstein to Gates. Epstein’s notes about Gates actually seemed to back up what Melinda French Gates discovered about her now ex-husband too, that he had a whole secret life and he had affairs with dozens of women. As the spotlight on Gates has grown hotter and brighter, he keeps admitting to affairs and he keeps trying to nonsensically explain why he and his staffers kept in contact with Epstein for so many years. A few weeks ago, Gates appeared before Congress in a closed-door session, where he voluntarily answered questions. It did not go well. Weeks later, the transcript of Gates’ testimony has become public, including some real-time backtracking on Gates’ affairs and Epstein’s knowledge of those affairs.

Bill Gates named three women he had extramarital affairs with as part of an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein by US politicians. The billionaire Microsoft co-founder told the House Oversight Committee that he had affairs with two Russian women, whom he named for the first time as Mila Antonova, a bridge player, and Karima Nigmatulina, a nuclear physicist.

Mr Gates later admitted to a third extramarital affair with another female scientist following scrutiny from US congressmen during the hours-long testimony on June 10, a transcript published on Tuesday revealed.

Under questioning, Mr Gates again denied any sexual misconduct but agreed he “may have been in the presence of victims” unknowingly while meeting with Epstein, given some of the women and girls had been employed by the disgraced financier.

He also said it was “possible” that he had confided in a mutual friend of his and Epstein’s that he feared he may have caught a sexually transmitted disease (STD) from one of the women.

Mr Gates, a philanthropist, had previously admitted to staff at his Gates Foundation in February that he had two affairs that Epstein later discovered, but did not provide further details.

In his closed-door testimony delivered to the US congress, he suggested that Epstein “contemplated blackmailing me” after learning of his unfaithfulness with the two Russian women.

Mr Gates also alleged that he had had an affair with Dr Alice Jacobs Nesselrodt, a medical entrepreneur, before he met Epstein in 2011. He appeared surprised to learn that Epstein was aware of the affair, after previously telling congress that the paedophile financier only had knowledge of “the two that we’ve discussed”.

Congressmen then showed him an email that Epstein had sent himself in July 2013 mentioning Dr Nesselrodt in relation to Mr Gates, according to the transcript. Her name had previously been redacted in published versions of the email shared by the US justice department. Asked about the significance of the message, Mr Gates said: “Well, there was a time when I had an affair with Dr Jacobs [Nesselrodt]. So that may fit that category.”

[From The Telegraph]

While it’s certainly news that Gates ended up naming three women, don’t skip this part: “He also said it was ‘possible’ that he had confided in a mutual friend of his and Epstein’s that he feared he may have caught a sexually transmitted disease (STD) from one of the women.” You guys… when the Epstein Files came out earlier this year, the STD issue was a key part of the blackmail scheme Epstein was seemingly building. Previously, Gates had denied the whole thing. Now it sounds like there was an STD and Gates told a “mutual friend” who then told Epstein?

And this is sickening too: “Mr Gates again denied any sexual misconduct but agreed he “may have been in the presence of victims” unknowingly while meeting with Epstein, given some of the women and girls had been employed by the disgraced financier.” Haul Gates into Congress and question him again.

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