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Tweet Share Share Share Share Bookmark it View this image > Carlo Allegri / Reuters Over roughly the past month, coverage of Bill Clinton’s travels with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have made their way from a thick stack of court documents into something approaching political mythology, propelled by a string of innuendo- laced reports hinting that the former president must have been in some way complicit when he voyaged with a billionaire known for preying on underage girls. It’s a story with plenty to gape at, from horrific and excruciatingly detailed allegations against Epstein to the frequent presence of a former president who was, after all, nearly chased from office for a (consensual) affair with an intern. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022674