Topic: Pj Media

Reports from German newspaper Die Welt and PJ Media suggest Jamal Khashoggi was a high-level operative for Saudi intelligence rather than a traditional journalist. Joseph Bahout of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace notes that Khashoggi served as an advisor to Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former head of Saudi intelligence. This background complicates the media portrayal of Khashoggi as a simple maverick opponent of the Saudi regime.

The hosts theorize that the New York Times published the Weinstein exposé to distance the Democratic Party from Hillary Clinton. They suggest the party views Clinton as a "nightmare scenario" for 2020 and used Weinstein's downfall to sever her primary financial ties. A side theory mentions 4chan rumors linking Weinstein's phone to "The Fappening" celebrity photo leaks.