Loomer has long been a controversial figure in the MAGA world, but has gained power in recent months as she has Trump’s ear.

Historian Richard Hofstadter was a pioneer observer of what he called “The Paranoid Style in American Politics,” which he described in a 1964 Harper’s Magazine analysis of the use of loose facts and pseudo-facts to build an alternative reality for political ends.

Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is reportedly considering resigning amid internal tensions within the Trump administration following the release of a controversial Department of Justice memo related to the Jeffrey Epstein case investigation .

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino reportedly may resign over blowback to a Department of Justice memo that rebutted conspiracy theories surrounding the death of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Bongino did not go to work at FBI headquarters Friday,

The Department of Justice released a memo last weekend that contradicted Bondi's statement about an Epstein client list being on her desk to review.