Jeffrey Epstein: How conspiracy theories spread after financier's death
Image captionJust hours after the high-profile financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on Saturday, unsubstantiated theories about his death began to gain traction online.
Many rumours have centred on what politicians may have known about Epstein's alleged crimes and whether some may have wanted him dead. There is absolutely no evidence to suggest this was the case. And yet, the hashtag #EpsteinMurder trended worldwide on Saturday.Joke images and memes - suggesting everything from a faked suicide to an orchestrated hit-job - were shared thousands of times throughout the day.
"What a lot of us want to know is, what did he know?" he told reporters."How many other millionaires and billionaires were part of the illegal activities that he was engaged in?" "What does the word watch mean in the phrase suicide watch?" tweeted President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giulani."Who was watching?" He then said it was"inconceivable" Epstein could have taken his own life under those circumstances.
The first was primarily used by conservatives to suggest that former"first couple" Bill and Hillary Clinton were linked to Epstein's death. The latter, perhaps predictably, was used by liberals who speculated that Mr Trump was somehow involved. Neither side had any evidence to work with.
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