"What do thousands of pages of newly released material reveal about the well-documented relationship between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump? Not much of anything, according to some of the right-wing influencers who have long been clamoring for the government to release more information about Epstein and his crimes. "To me, these are nothingburgers. If they're even real," pro-Trump podcaster Jon Herold said on his Badlands Media Rumble livestream on Wednesday."
"Epstein looms large for many conspiracy theorists, including QAnon believers. He's seen as a prime example of the satanic cabal of pedophiles they believe are entrenched among the world's most powerful people. QAnon adherents think Donald Trump is destined to defeat that cabal. Trump has acknowledged he and Epstein were once friendly but fell out decades ago. He's denied any knowledge of Epstein's trafficking of underage girls."
Thousands of newly released pages of material relate to Jeffrey Epstein's relationship with Donald Trump but produce little new incriminating evidence according to some right-wing influencers. Pro-Trump podcasters Jon Herold and Brian Lupo offered differing takes: Herold dismissed the disclosures as "nothingburgers," while Lupo suggested emails indicate Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell feared informants and hinted Trump might have been an informant. Epstein died by suicide in jail. Epstein is central to QAnon conspiracy claims about a global cabal of pedophiles and to theories that Trump will defeat them. Trump acknowledges a past friendship with Epstein but denies knowledge of trafficking.
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