Elites covered up Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. No wonder folks believe in Pizzagate

I'll give you two stories. You tell me which one is the conspiracy theory, and which one is real.

1. A prominent Democrat and a few of her fellow operatives ran a child sex-trafficking ring in the clandestine basement of Washington, D.C., pizza parlor.

2. A con artist-turned-inexplicable billionaire ran a child sex-trafficking ring across the globe, befriending American presidents of both parties as well as princes. He pimped out his slaves to the most powerful attorneys and politicians on the planet, and he got the same media outlets that were busy shutting down stories of other predatory producers and media moguls to keep the whole thing quiet.




The first story is the thoroughly debunked "Pizzagate" conspiracy about Hillary Clinton and John Podesta. The second is the true story of Jeffrey Epstein.

As with Harvey Weinstein and Matt Lauer and every other monster finally exposed by the greatest populist revolution of our time, survivors spoke up about Epstein. They risked their physical safety and cut open their hearts to show the world the ugliest parts of their lives, all in order to bring Epstein to justice.

They said something. But every authority figure who was meant to hold power to account, from the U.S. attorney's office to the entire Fourth Estate, did not listen.

It's not that they didn't care. In fact, they cared quite deeply. They cared so much about protecting Epstein that they obliterated whatever sense of legal, journalistic, and ethical standards they could to cover up his crimes.

We already knew that then-U.S. Attorney and former Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta issued Epstein the deal of a lifetime. He agreed not to charge Epstein with the serial rape and trafficking of children but instead issued him a slap on the wrist — a non-prosecution agreement for soliciting a prostitute. The "prostitute" in question, one that Acosta deemed
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