Yeah on the one hand: there isn’t any evidence (yet) that Chomsky was involved in the abuse of kids. And, Epstein had a massive social circle: not everyone in it was abusing kids.

BUT he also stuck by his pal Jeff when he learned that Jeff abused kids - which is… not great. It’s possible he just believed Epstein was the victim of a witch hunt, but that’d take a serious level of gullibility given all the evidence.