Of course, no conspiracy is complete without a picture of Soros looking particularly nefarious—cue the shadowy headshots and vague “deep state” memes.

For Muir and Davis, the accusation couldn’t have come at a stranger time. They had just spent the evening trying to wrangle two political figures more interested in talking past each other than actually engaging in any meaningful discourse. Little did they know, their fact-checking prowess would make them the latest victims of the Soros industrial complex—or at least that’s what the internet thinks.

According to the leaked report, the $1 million was specifically to ensure that Trump’s claims about Democrats supporting “baby executions” and immigrants eating pets in Ohio were promptly debunked. Because apparently, fact-checking a candidate with a long history of hyperbole is not something a professional journalist would do of their own accord. No, it takes a Soros-funded bank transfer to make that happen.

One particularly outraged commentator on a popular conspiracy blog wrote, “If it wasn’t for Soros, they would have let Trump speak his truth! Now they’re censoring him with facts, which we all know are just opinions with good PR.”

For those unfamiliar with the folklore of modern-day conspiracy theories, George Soros is the omnipresent figure who, according to the internet, funds every liberal cause under the sun. From climate change activism to fact-checking presidential debates, Soros is apparently the invisible hand pulling all the strings. You know that pothole on your street? Probably Soros. Your favorite coffee shop ran out of oat milk? Soros again.

But this time, he’s taken his supposed influence to new heights. The leaked report claims that Soros wasn’t just paying Muir and Davis to correct Trump—he was paying them to “undermine democracy by promoting factual integrity.” Because in 2024, telling the truth has apparently become a radical act of globalist treachery.

When asked to comment on the leaked report, Soros—who, by all accounts, should be tired of being blamed for everything by now—simply said, “I’m flattered that people think I’m this powerful. But, honestly, I was too busy buying out all the oat milk in Brooklyn to get involved in the debates.”