BY JOE CONASON When Donald Trump retweeted a malicious fantasy about the apparent suicide of imprisoned pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, he wasn’t merely entertaining his deluded fans. Trump’s conspiratorial canard – with attendant promotion by Russian bots, American alt-rightists and far-right media – was plainly designed to deflect attention from his own embarrassing associations with Epstein. […]
Why Trump Tweeted A Conspiracy Smear
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