August 10, 2019 🟠 Major

Retweets conspiracy theory linking Clintons to Epstein's death

Hours after Jeffrey Epstein died by apparent suicide in a Manhattan jail cell, Trump retweeted a baseless conspiracy theory from conservative comedian Terrence K. Williams suggesting the Clintons were involved in Epstein's death. The tweet included hashtags like #ClintonBodyCount and #ClintonCrimeFamily. When asked about it days later, Trump defended the retweet by saying "it was a retweet, not from me" and redirected to saying Bill Clinton should have to answer questions about his relationship with Epstein. The move epitomized Trump's pattern of using social media to spread conspiracy theories while maintaining deniability, projecting onto political enemies the very associations he himself had with Epstein.

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disinformation disinformation
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justice-system media
Tags:
#epstein#disinformation#clinton-body-count

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