The mother of all conspiracies

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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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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0:00.0	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.
0:10.2	It's so big it shut down Congress.
0:12.9	It's so big, Galane Maxwell is meeting with the Department of Justice.
0:17.0	It's so big the president ran away to Scotland, but he's still posting about it, or posting to distract us from it?
0:24.2	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.
0:33.0	$3 million for expenses to Oprah, $600,000 to a low-rated TV actor 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.
0:55.5	The mother of all conspiracy theories on today explained.
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