The Atlantic offered a $10,000 kill fee to Mearsheimer and Walt if the publication didn’t print the article.

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• The Atlantic offered a $10,000 kill fee to Mearsheimer and Walt if the publication didn’t print the article.

  In an interview with Tucker Carlson earlier this year, Mearsheimer revealed that the editor of The Atlantic offered them a “$10,000 kill fee” if the publication didn’t print the article.

Sources

• Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby” cited evidence

Who and what it involves

• ◈The Atlantic
• ◈John Mearsheimer
• ◈Stephen Walt

Origin: extracted from Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby” · 2026-09-12 08:24