"No one blinked when Tucker Carlson asserted that the late sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein was an Israeli intelligence asset earlier this year. Carlson's well-documented descent into the anti-Semitic depths of the Nihilist Right rendered his attempt to turn the controversy over the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein case into a story about Israeli malfeasance a blip on the radar."
"But to the surprise of many, Megyn Kelly also emerged as a purveyor of the conspiracy theory when she told the late Charlie Kirk that she would guess Epstein was connected to the Mossad, and that it's possible that that's the reason everything is getting buried. It was, as it turned out, a sign of things to come. The following month, Kelly hosted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for a friendly interview during which she expressed agreement with Greene over her harsh criticism of AIPAC."
"I've been very pro-Israel and I've been very defensive of their right to defend themself. But I have absolutely no skin whatsoever in defending any lobbyist group, including AIPAC, so I would love to know what they do to get the loyalty of politicians, said Kelly. Because I will say, I have had multiple, multiple reach-outs to me, both from friends and from connected people in D.C., begging me to go to Israel with them, and I have said no every time."
Conservative media figures promoted an unproven claim that Jeffrey Epstein was an Israeli intelligence asset. Megyn Kelly repeated the Mossad connection on a program with Charlie Kirk and later signaled alignment with Marjorie Taylor Greene's criticism of AIPAC. Kelly described herself as pro-Israel while expressing skepticism about lobbyist influence and recounting repeated offers to travel to Israel that she declined. Kelly defended Candace Owens's post-assassination commentary, which included false accusations against Israel. The episode illustrates rising conspiratorial narratives tying sexual abuse scandals to Israeli intelligence and intensifying debates over pro-Israel advocacy within U.S. conservative media.
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