Trump’s Epstein Denials Are Unconvincing

Jonathan Chait: “Imagine you were an elected official who discovered that an old friend had been running a sex-trafficking operation without your knowledge. You’d probably try very hard to make your innocence in the matter clear. You’d demand full transparency and answer any questions about your own involvement straightforwardly.”

“Donald Trump’s behavior regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case is… not that…”

“Perhaps Trump is simply so habituated to lying that he has no playbook for handling a matter in which he has nothing to hide. Or maybe, as seems more plausible by the day, he is acting guilty because he is.”