He admitted 'acquaintance' with Jeff for 15 YEARS! You don't pal around with a guy in those circles for that long and NOT know what he does -- and conveniently say 'stay away' the months before declaring for president (1998g). It was a plot then and just kept moving up.
How can you be so chummy with Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein?
Maybe it's just some 4-d chess