Trump has retweeted the wild surmise of an attention-seeking fellow called Terrence K. Williams who has the oxymoronic job description: “conservative comedian.”Mr. Williams’ latest joke is that the Clintons were behind Epstein’s murder. Our President, with his keen tabloid mind, grabbed this bit of silliness like a dog grabs a bone. The Attorney General, Mr. Barr, another lover of the truth, has announced a thorough investigation of Epstein’s death – harumph, harumph, harumph!

I am inclined to think that it will turn out that Epstein killed himself. But if it turns out that he was helped into the next world, I would look not to the Clintons, but to Trump and Barr for an explanation.