conspirator
noun
con·spir·a·tor
kən-ˈspir-ə-tər 
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The former Cabinet secretary also slammed oversight committee Republicans for skipping the recent deposition of former Victoria’s Secret CEO Les Wexner, whom the FBI labeled a co-conspirator of Epstein.
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David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
Critics of the investigation have questioned why more co-conspirators haven’t been charged.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Brown allegedly made contact with China through a co-conspirator who was in contact with Stephen Su Bin, a Chinese national who in 2016 pleaded guilty to conspiring to give sensitive US military and export data to China and was sentenced to nearly four years in a US prison.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Undated photographs of Bill Clinton with Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell were released in December as part of a tranche of documents made public by the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
—David Hickey, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
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David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
Critics of the investigation have questioned why more co-conspirators haven’t been charged.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Brown allegedly made contact with China through a co-conspirator who was in contact with Stephen Su Bin, a Chinese national who in 2016 pleaded guilty to conspiring to give sensitive US military and export data to China and was sentenced to nearly four years in a US prison.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Undated photographs of Bill Clinton with Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell were released in December as part of a tranche of documents made public by the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
—David Hickey, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
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conspirator
noun
con·spir·a·tor
kən-ˈspir-ət-ər
: a person who conspires
Legal Definition
conspirator
noun
con·spir·a·tor
kən-ˈspir-ə-tər
: one who conspires
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