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Good liars also tend to be intelligent, Wiseman says, citing salespeople, politicians and - ahem - performers among those who will be "pretty high self-monitors".

But since a legal immigrant once saw a doctor, the press is expected to bend over backwards to adjudicate whether one is a liar just because one is lying about 99% of the story.

Lee can be a smooth talker and an adept liar, except in situations where only the truth will suffice.

But unlike “All the President’s Men,” there is sympathy this time for the liars.

He likened his association with Epstein to "an albatross around my neck", adding he felt "profoundly upset that I was taken in" by a "charismatic criminal liar".