DOJ: Right-Wing Epoch Times Was Running Money Laundering Op

The newspaper that's converted more people to conspiracy theories than any other outlet might be in deep doo-doo. The Epoch Times, a formerly free newspaper distributed on the streets of New York that focuses on conspiracist, right-wing takes and reports that are extremely critical of the Chinese Communist Party, successfully expanded its operation on YouTube and Facebook, reaching millions of Americans with pro-Trump clickbait and batshit crazy misinformation. According to the Justice Department, it also functioned as a massive money-laundering scheme for one of its executives. Via New York magazine:

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