by Frank Bergman, Slay News:

Bill Gates’s closed-door testimony before the House Oversight Committee has exposed disturbing new details about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, including admissions about extramarital affairs and concerns that the convicted child predator may have been preparing to blackmail him.

The transcripts, released this week, show that the Microsoft co-founder named three women with whom he had affairs, including two Russian women, while answering questions from congressional investigators.

The testimony adds another layer to the long-running questions over why one of the world’s most powerful men continued associating with Epstein after his 2008 conviction for child sex crimes.