What did he know, and when did he know it?

From Watergate to Epsteingate

Illustration by Till Lauer for The New Yorker

Friends,

Here are the two contradictions lying at the heart of the contretemps over Trump and Jeffrey Epstein:

1. As early as May, Trump knew his name was in the Epstein files. Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy informed Trump at a meeting in the White House that his name appeared “multiple times.”

But on…