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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".

The Indian prime minister is a liar and a miscreant, but even he seems to grasp that such an act would be preposterous.

He called Ms Wilson a manipulative liar, and said she threatened, blackmailed and abused his son.