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

Maga's obsession with the files shows how a fringe QAnon conspiracy theory has taken root in the pro-Trump movement

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 Jeffrey Epstein's child sex-trafficking operation and expose the moral rot at the heart of the Democrat establishment.

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.