Rightwing influencers in the US who are often aligned with Donald Trump are angry that a joint justice department and FBI memo has dismissed the existence of a “client list” in the case against late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The disgraced financier killed himself in a jail cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York City in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on child sex-trafficking and conspiracy charges.

Almost ever since, Epstein’s death has been the subject of conspiracy theories on the right, including a supposed “client list” that he purportedly used to blackmail wealthy co-conspirators.

  • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    it’s distopian seeing the propaganda machinery turn on.

    seeing reactionaries having a day to think for themselves, then come to their own ideas and… nope, they just turn on the propaganda machinery, no independent thought.

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      3 days ago

      the russian bots drum up the shit stirring in that sub. theres like some other subs ive seen, donald, republican, newnormal, trueunpopularopinion that popped last year.

      • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        it’s just so plainly obvious that there is so much AstroTurfing, how dumb can humans be.

        (rethorical question, human stupidity trully is an unlimited resource)