Geoffrey Berman, US attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks while standing next to a poster displaying the image of fund manager Jeffrey Epstein during a news conference in New York, US, on Monday, July 8, 2019.
Geoffrey Berman, US attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks while standing next to a poster displaying the image of fund manager Jeffrey Epstein during a news conference in New York, US, on Monday, July 8, 2019.Photographer: Louis Lanzano/Bloomberg

The Economist: How Epstein conspiracies are turning on Trump

A vast right-wing conspiracy comes for the president
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Key topics:

  • Epstein conspiracy resurfaces, pulling Trump into the spotlight

  • Conspiracies like QAnon, vaccines, and 9/11 shape real-world events

  • Trump's grip weakens as MAGA turns skeptical over missing Epstein files

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