Megyn Kelly’s defence of Epstein is a new low for MAGA supporters

Amid the lies, bombast and bias that is US media in the time of Trump, there isn’t much that shocks me any more. Well, there wasn’t, until I caught up with US right-wing commentator Megyn Kelly’s recent comments on paedophilia. I know I should expect this popular former Fox News reporter to toe the MAGA line like the others of her ilk. However, this time it’s too much. I still can’t believe what I’m hearing – from a woman no less. Following the US’ house oversight committee releasing more than 20,000 emails sent to and from deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein this week, Kelly couldn’t shut up. And she should have. It started with this gem on her YouTube show: “He was into the barely legal type,” Kelly said of Epstein as some sort of qualifier. “Like, he liked 15-year-old girls. And I realise this is disgusting. I’m definitely not trying to make an excuse for this. I’m just giving you facts, that he wasn’t into, like, eight-year-olds.”