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The conspiracy theorists who feel vindicated by the Epstein files
As the revelations from the Epstein files continue to reverberate around the globe, those conspiracy theorists who were among the first to call for the release of information about Jeffrey Epstein's legal cases are feeling vindicated.
Before his death, Epstein already featured in many fringe online forums, including those centred on the Qanon conspiracy narrative that the world is run by an elite cabal of child sex traffickers. Now, many in these communities are saying "We told you so."
In this episode, Art Jipson, a sociologist at the University of Dayton in Ohio, who researches social…
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