Also imagine an intelligence agency is designing cover for someone to seduce YOU.

It is not just having an affair with some random person and using poor judgement. It is a person what was crafted with you as a target. The whole thing is weaponized.

I have never cheated in a relationship and it is not something I would ever consider. It is easy to say this though knowing I am not going to be the target of an intelligence agency honey pot.

I wouldn't expect his wife to excuse the infidelity just because the mistress was intentionally trying to seduce him. As an Nvidia investor, I don't excuse him for lying about it and opening himself up to blackmail even though I can understand how it came about.