Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partied together for more than a decade. One became president, the other died in jail.

Conspiracies such as the Jeffrey Epstein saga are fueled by feelings of decline and loss of power.

It’s a Pizzagate/QAnon scandal. It’s a Trump scandal. It’s a Me Too scandal. It has something for every political subculture.

A myth is a story that expresses the collective dreamworld of a culture: its fears, its wishes, its self-conception.

Here’s what to know about the disturbing facts and unsubstantiated suspicions that make Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender, a politically potent obsession.

Stephen Colbert continued amusing himself this week by discussing the ongoing news drops about Donald Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein during his monologue. And at one point, he was forced to give props to an unlikely recipient: The so-called "QAnon shaman,

FBI director Kash Patel was adamant that “the conspiracy theories just aren’t true” amid a brewing MAGA firestorm over notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.

President Trump is spending the weekend at his golf resort in Scotland, where he will celebrate the opening of a new golf course. Next week, he will hold trade meetings with European leaders. The trip comes as he continues to face questions about Jeffrey Epstein at home.