India, Nov. 15 -- Political commentator, attorney and "journalist" Megyn Kelly ignited a controversy on November 13 when, during her SiriusXM show, she suggested that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein may not meet the technical definition of a pedophile.

She presented another person's views, saying his victims were "barely legal" rather than very young children. "He was into the barely-legal type. like, he liked 15-year-old girls," Kelly said, adding, "I realize this is disgusting. I'm definitely not trying to make an excuse for this. I'm just giving you facts, that he wasn't into, like, 8-year-olds."

According to the National Library of Medicine, most research "accepted a legal definition of pedophilia, treating all offenders conv...