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Q Have you ever engaged in sexual conduct of any kind with ? A I had an affair with her on and off for 6 years, an extramarital consensual adult affair with her. Q It was a sexual affair, correct? A It's already -- it's public knowledge. Q Did you have sexual conduct with ? A Yes. Q Did you support financially over the course of this affair? A Yes. Q Did you ever ask to sign a nondisclosure agreement? A I think on the subject of NDAs I'm going to refer to my counsel. Ms. Estrich. We're not going to get into NDAs without admitting the existence of any. Every confidential agreement I've ever seen in my long career has included confidentiality clauses that bind Mr. Black as well as the women involved. Ms. Brignac. They don't bind them from Congress. Ms. Estrich. Well, they bind them from a transcribed interview, as I understand it. This is not a subpoena. He has not received a subpoena, and we are treating this as a voluntary exercise in which Mr. Black is here voluntarily to help this committee, but we cannot get into NDAs. I would ask if you could move on to another question. Mr. Ashworth. So he's not even going to answer questions about the existence of an NDA or whether or not -- not even the substance, and he is also not going to answer questions about the actions related to individuals who there may be an NDA related to? Ms. Estrich. We'll answer any questions we can, but as you well know from your experience, if there were to be an NDA, it would have a confidentiality clause that would bind Mr. Black in a situation like this.