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The Case for Epstein Trutherism

Maybe there really is a conspiracy and the Trump administration is covering it up.

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Jonathan V. Last
July 9, 2025∙ Paid
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1. The Lost City of E

I am, as a rule, skeptical of conspiracy theories. And we should stipulate that maybe it’s true, as the unsigned Department of Justice memo states, that a “systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list’” for Jeffrey Epstein.

But if you want to believe, there’s a pretty good case to be made that the Epstein client list could be real.

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