The mother of all conspiracies

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Today, Explained

2025-07-29

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The Epstein scandal won't go away, but that won't stop President Donald Trump from trying to pivot to "Russia Russia Russia." This episode was produced by Rebeca Ibarra, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Hady Mawajdeh and Denise Guerra, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. A protest truck in Scotland. Photo by LESLEY MARTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • There's a lot going on in the world right now,

  • but much of the nation remains obsessed with a list that may or may not exist by a guy who's definitely dead.

  • It's so big it shut down Congress.

  • It's so big, Ghislaine Maxwell is meeting with the Department of Justice.

  • It's so big the president ran away to Scotland, but he's still posting about it.

  • Or posting to distract us from it?

  • I'm looking at a large amount of money owed by the Democrats after the presidential election and the fact that they admit to paying,

  • probably illegally, $11 million to singer Beyonce for an endorsement,

  • $3 million for expenses to Oprah, $600,000 to a low-rated TV anchor Al Sharpton,

  • and others to be named for doing absolutely nothing.

  • These ridiculous fees were incorrectly stated in the books and records.

  • You are not allowed to pay for an endorsement.

  • It is totally illegal to do so.

  • Can you imagine what would happen if politicians started paying for people to endorse them?

  • All hell would break out.

  • Kamala and all those who received endorsement money broke the law.

  • They should all be persecuted.

  • Thank you for your attention to this matter,

  • the mother of all conspiracy theories on Today Explained.

  • We're puzzling through that together this week on the gray area listen to new episodes every Monday available everywhere Today explained from Vox here with Andrew Prokop senior politics correspondent at Vox in your latest piece for Vox you call the Epstein scandal the mother of all How did Epstein get to become that,