President Donald Trump slammed a reporter for asking a question about Jeffrey Epstein during a Cabinet meeting July 8, 2025.

When Jeffrey Epstein took his own life on August 10, 2019, the circumstances were so bizarre that, instantly, conspiracy theories were hatched as to who had had him killed and why, along with how they made it into his cell and disguised the murder as a suicide.

Because of that original enormous leap from known fact —Epstein was dead— to the unsubstantiated theory that he was murdered and all that followed from that ridiculous lead of logic, many millions of hours have been wasted in chat rooms and Reddit threads as well as on better-known podcasts.

Now all the speculation and theorizing is reduced to ashes and wasted time, and many, many dealers in the conspiracy trade are going to be not only deeply disappointed, but also very likely to lose money.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN DIED BY SUICIDE, DID NOT HAVE CLIENT LIST: DOJ MEMO

The internet first made it possible and then made it easy to monetize anger and conspiracy. Individuals with a family, friends or community deficit in their lives could and did find each other in the strangest places online. Bonds were formed. Alliances and friendships developed. And in some sectors, money was being made peddling Epstein theories.

Unfortunately, many found themselves in far-off corners of the web where the similarly lonely or disconnected could find companionship, as well as food and drink for their own beliefs. It’s a long known and often described phenomenon known as "confirmation bias."

"Confirmation bias" is the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of........

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