https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty
This definition says Pederasty is a homosexual relationship with a man and pubescent males, so that's not it either.
He did what people do. He looked, as a 30 year-old single guy, at the rejects, retreads, and batsh*t crazy old maids of his age group and decided prospects would be better looking at younger (but legally eligible) ladies. It hasn't been that long since it was acceptable for younger women to marry me 10-15 years older, men who were established, and good providers. Recall, too, this was 40 year ago, not today. There was no truth to the rumor about misbehaving at the mall or getting kicked out, and what guy doesn't look at attractive women, wherever?
For those who were paying attention to the sources, the flaws in their stories, and the proximity to the election, this was a media generated hypefest based on questionable anecdotes, supposedly reinforced by an obviously altered signature in a yearbook.
IOW,it was BS. Some of us just saw through it then, and now its coming out that we were right.