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Mike Lee signal-boosts antisemitic conspiracy theorist

Utah Sen. Mike Lee amplified a Pizzagate promoter with a record of antisemitic conspiracy theories—reposting a video from far‑right podcaster Ian Carroll on Thursday night.

Lee shared a video from Ian Carroll, a far‑right podcaster who hosts the Ian Carroll Show on YouTube and has more than 1 million followers on X. Carroll drew mainstream attention after an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast in March 2025.

In the nine‑minute clip, Carroll revisits Pizzagate—the debunked claim that top Democrats ran a child‑trafficking ring out of the basement of D.C.’s Comet Ping Pong. Police and reporters found no evidence; the restaurant doesn’t even have a basement. Carroll dismisses debunks as coming from “liberal‑leaning” outlets.

I don’t know this guy, but he asks some legitimate questions,” Lee wrote—not exactly the due diligence you expect from a U.S. Senator.

Carroll’s feed doesn’t stop at Pizzagate. Less than 24 hours after conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University, Carroll blamed Israel for the shooting. That post received more than 10 million views and about 100,000 likes, according to the ADL.

He’s also pushed that Israel was responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks and made claims about “Zionist control” of the U.S. government. During his appearance on Rogan’s podcast, Carroll said convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was an “employee” of “organized crime rings” working on behalf of the CIA, the Mossad and British Intelligence.” In July, Lee floated a similar idea, suggesting Epstein might have been a government “asset.”

While Carroll does not deny the Holocaust, he minimizes it. He’s posted that the Holocaust “has certainly been milked for all its worth by modern Zionist interests” and that “Israel certainly did their best to embellish and inflame the history books” ever since.

That’s who Mike Lee chose to platform.