How the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files became a vehicle for QAnon

<p>Maga’s obsession with the files shows how a fringe QAnon conspiracy theory has taken root in the pro-Trump movement</p><p>The release of the “Epstein client list” has long been the holy grail for the Maga movement. Supposedly, this list, once released, would incriminate a veritable who’s who of liberal elites complicit in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a>’s child sex-trafficking operation and expose the moral rot at the heart of the Democrat establishment.</p><p>The mystery surrounding the Epstein files also became a vehicle for QAnon conspiracy theorists to push their ideas about a “deep state” cover-up of a network of global pedophiles into the broader tent of the Maga movement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/trump-epstein-files-maga">Continue reading...</a>