Suicide of Trump's friend suspected of trafficking in human beings has spawned conspiracy theories - ForumDaily
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Suicide of Trump's friend suspected of trafficking in human beings gave rise to conspiracy theories

On Saturday, 10 of August, the famous financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in a prison cell. His death caused a storm of various conspiracy theories. Writes about it with the BBC.

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Epstein, who was to be tried on sex trafficking charges, committed suicide in his prison cell in New York. He was accused of running a “huge network” of underage girls who provided sexual services, but last month he pleaded not guilty to any of the charges.

The 66-year-old financier had many famous friends and acquaintances. Among them are US President Donald Trump, former US President Bill Clinton and Britain's Prince Andrew. Some of his famous acquaintances were drawn into pressing charges against the financier, which only fueled conspiracy theories and disinformation.

Many rumors that are circulating focus on what politicians may have known about Epstein's possible crimes and therefore someone wanted him dead. Although there is no evidence to support these rumors, the hashtag #EpsteinMurder (Epstein’s Murder) has become a trend around the world.

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Users distributed comic images and memes that hinted at fake suicide and contract killing. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were filled with unfounded theories about what could happen to the financier.

These specs were not limited to a small number of social network users. Politicians and famous journalists also contributed to rumors at a time when there was little information about the circumstances of the death of Epstein.

For example, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough tweeted: “A man who had information that would have destroyed the lives of rich and powerful men met his death in a prison cell. How predictable... in Russian."

New York Mayor De Blasio said it was "very convenient" for certain people that Epstein would no longer be able to indict anyone.

He told reporters that many people wanted to know the information Epstein owned.

“How many other millionaires and billionaires were part of the illegal activities that he was involved in?” - this, according to Mr. de Blasio, should have been the main question for the detained financier.

Speculation about the death of Epstein also focused on how a person who was found in a cell in July in a semi-conscious state with neck injuries was able to commit suicide. Also, users of social networks ask how Epstein could have committed suicide if, after a previous attempt in July, he was carefully monitored.

“What does the word supervision mean in the phrase “supervision for suicide prevention”? President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani tweeted. - Who was watching?

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Mr Giuliani said it was “inconceivable” that Epstein could have committed suicide under the circumstances.

When the prison authorities later reported that Epstein had actually ceased to follow 29 on July, and had not been informed of the reasons for such a decision, conspiracy theories began to focus on why they made that decision, and not how he was able to commit suicide.

The most contrived conspiracy theories were tied to the hashtags #ClintonBodyCount and #TrumpBodyCount, which were the trend on Twitter over the weekend, August 10-11.

The first hashtag was mainly used by conservatives to suggest that the former "first couple" of the United States - Bill and Hillary Clinton - were linked to Epstein's death. The second hashtag was likely used by liberals who suggested that Donald Trump was involved in Epstein's death. Both sides had no evidence of such allegations.

The Clintone’s baseless theory of family involvement is rooted in the 90’s conspiracy theory, claiming that the couple are secretly killing their enemies.

"There is no evidence to suggest that an outsider ordered Epstein's murder, and there is certainly no evidence that Bill Clinton was that person," Dylan Matthews wrote.

“[Mr. Clinton] knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida several years ago, or the ones he was recently charged with in New York,” his spokesman, Angel Ureña, said.

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But Trump soon added fuel to the fire. He shared a tweet from comedian and Trump supporter Terrence Williams claiming Epstein "had information on Bill Clinton and now he's dead." There is no evidence to support this, but the tweet has since been shared tens of thousands of times by supporters of the current US president.

Other theories and the whims of misinformation were easier to refute.

For example, a photo that shows that Mr. Trump kisses the head of his daughter Ivanka, standing next to Epstein, is a fake. The 1993 photo of the year was edited by inserting Epstein.

Also, after Epstein’s arrest on 6 in July, some social media users spread false information that prosecutors seem to have agreed with the financier about a secret plea agreement under President Barack Obama’s administration, and this was done to protect his Democratic colleague Mr. Clinton. This conspiracy theory began to spread with renewed vigor.

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In fact, the agreement that allowed Epstein to plead guilty to lesser charges was reached before Obama took office in 2009. This happened under the administration of Republican President George W. Bush, and the head of the Labor Department in the Trump administration, Alex Acosta, had to resign last month precisely because of this - he, as a prosecutor in southern Florida, entered into an agreement with Epstein.

The spread of conspiracy theories due to the death of Epstein and their use in the fight against political opponents has prompted both calls by politicians and journalists to be more careful about fakes that are distributed on social networks.

“The proliferation of conspiracy theories about someone on the ‘other side’ of a political divide demonstrates why our society is so susceptible to disinformation,” Republican Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

  • 66-year-old Jeffrey Epstein, a well-known financier, as well as US President Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, 42 and 45, were arrested on human trafficking charges. 15 years ago he was able to escape punishment on similar charges.
  • Head of US Department of Labor Alex Acosta was forced to resign because of the scandal with the famous billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.

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