Epstein case tearing apart Maga's conspiracy wing [View all]
Mike Wendling
BBC News
... As the saga rumbles on - fuelled by reports giving further details of Trump's relationship with Epstein, and justice department meetings with Epstein's partner in crime Ghislaine Maxwell - pro-Trump online spaces heavily invested in conspiratorial thinking are divided in much the same way as more mainstream Republicans ...
According to Trump, the pair fell out in the early 2000s, two years before Epstein was first arrested. The White House has recently suggested that their fallout was connected to Epstein's behaviour, and that "the president kicked him out of his club for being a creep" ...
The president previously said he would be open to making public more information on Epstein. But he changed his position earlier this month, saying the case was closed ...
"Look, I'm where I've been every time y'all ask me this question," said Thom Tillis, a US senator in Trump's Republican Party who has sometimes tangled with Trump. "Release the damn files" ...
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