(today)

The Journal said Gates told staff he continued meeting Epstein up until 2014, including taking a flight on a private jet and spending time with him in Germany, France, New York and Washington, but that he strenuously denied ever staying overnight at a venue with Epstein or visiting the convicted sex offender‘s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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According to the Wall Street Journal, Gates admitted to staff at the town hall on Tuesday that he „did have affairs, one with a Russian bridge player who met me at bridge events, and one with a Russian nuclear physicist who I met through business activities.“