The files show that Smolin continued to correspond with Epstein, and the two made repeated efforts to talk by phone and meet up, until at least 2013 — five years after the latter pleaded guilty in Florida to state charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor and another criminal count. The paper trail appears to contradict Smolin’s own account of his relationship with Epstein.

Imagine continuing an association with a child rape trade ringleader after learning of their heinous crime. This is horrible.

“Steps back” from “questions” – wow, they’re downplaying hard because that’s the softest language they could possibly have used.