A concerted effort between Donald Trump’s White House and the right-wing media ecosystem it effectively controls to distract the public’s attention from the Epstein files appears by pushing a baseless conspiracy theory appears to be a flop.

After a 427-1 vote in the House, on Tuesday the Republican-controlled Senate passed legislation forcing the Justice Department to release any remaining files it has on Epstein. The votes came after the president’s opposition to releasing the documents and recent sudden reversal left many in his MAGA coalition disillusioned. The damage appears to be substantial, as evidenced by how little traction the administration’s fear-mongering — a tried-and-true tactic — has received.

MAGA influencer Tucker Carlson kicked off the attempted headfake on Friday afte

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