Would you buy a not-guilty plea from this man?

A New Script for Harvey Weinstein

Right-wing provocateurs have embraced the disgraced Hollywood producer and see his re-trial as a chance to destroy #MeToo forever

By Liz Dye

Harvey Weinstein’s re-emergence as a hero of the far right was probably inevitable.

Before his convictions in New York and California for rape and sexual assault, the movie mogul was a prolific Democratic donor. “He was sort of the king of woke, right?,” Donald Trump said on a 2024 podcast with Dan Bongino, the current deputy director of the F.B.I. “I was so amazed that Harvey Weinstein got schlonged.”