Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly made a disturbing defence for Jeffrey Epstein as she suggested that she did not initially believe that Epstein was an actual pedophile because the reported victims were not children, but 15 and older, hitting their puberty. Kelly made the shocking statement as she spoke to journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon about Epstein on Wednesday after Democrats released emails suggesting President Donald Trump “knew about the girls” during his friendship with Epstein. “I do know somebody very, very close to this case who is in a position to know virtually everything,” Kelly explained. “And this person has told me from the start, years and years ago, that Jeffrey Epstein, in this person’s view, was not a pedophile.”“This is this person’s view, who was there for a lot of this, but that he was into the barely legal type. Like, he liked 15-year-old girls,” Kelly said. “I’m just giving you facts that he wasn’t into, like, 8-year-olds. But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby.”Megyn Kelly acknowledged that she was wrong and she started to change her opinion after ttorney General Pam Bondi claimed that Epstein had thousands of videos with child sexual abuse material. “For the first time, I thought, oh, no, he was an actual pedophile,” Kelly said. “I don’t know whether it’s true. I have to be honest, I don’t really trust Pam Bondi’s word on the Epstein matters anymore.”“You can say that’s a distinction without a difference. I think there is a difference. There’s a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old, you know?” she added. “The whole thing is just disgusting.”The comment backfired and many called it “career ending”. “This is career-ending for Megyn Kelly. 15 year olds are CHILDREN. They can’t drive. They can’t see rated R movies. But disgusting 50 year old men should be allowed to rape them? Goodbye. Forever,” Dem strategist Ally Sammarco wrote. “Megyn Kelly trying to convince her listeners that sex trafficking girls is less offensive if they’ve gone through puberty,” activist Shannon Watts said. .
