For years, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies benefited from conspiracy theories that fueled the conservative MAGA movement and targeted his political enemies.

On podcaster Benny Johnson’s show in 2023, Patel suggested that the FBI was withholding the client list because it contained the names of prominent figures. “Put on your big boy pants and let us know who the pedophiles are,” Patel shouted at congressional Republicans.

The Times in 2024 accused Trump of pushing a false conspiracy theory that members of the Tren de Aragua gang, who had entered the United States illegally, had taken over an apartment building in Aurora, Colo. The article hit at Trump for his “false” claim about the gang takeover.

Brown's conspiracy theory comes after Trump expressed annoyance with questions about sealed files on Epstein, a convicted pedophile.

Elon Musk is once again raging against the Trump administration for its handling of the investigation into deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Amid the billionaire entrepreneur’s explosive social media feud with Trump in June,