The White House told a reporter on Monday that Attorney General Pam Bondi has "committed" to releasing files related to deaths of people closely associated with former President Bill and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, which have been blamed by conspiracy theorists on the powerful couple.

"I know the Attorney General has committed to releasing those files," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Zero Hedge reporter Adam Cosgrove in response to a question about a video about the conspiracy theories posted by President Donald Trump on Saturday. "I would defer you to the Department of Justice on her timeline, but when she has made a promise in the past, she has kept it, and I'm certain that she will in this case as well."

The question was asked in response to Trump posting a video on Truth Social about the "Clinton Body Count," which chronicles the number of people closely associated with the Clintons who have died of suicide or other mysterious circumstances (estimated at over 50 by the conspiracy theorists).

Should Trump be posting stuff like this, which is largely unproven and extremely inflammatory? Of course not, but he's Trump and he's going to do this stuff whether he "should" or not.

Not likely

The video even claimed that Hillary Clinton was behind JFK Jr.'s plane crash so she could be elected senator in New York.

Could the Clintons be behind all of these deaths? Anything's possible, but it doesn't seem likely.

On the other hand, that's a lot of close associates of theirs that have turned up dead, many of them by suicide.

A number of those found dead were set to testify against the Clintons, which seems really suspicious.

Cognitive biases and mistrust

Psychology Today said in January that conspiracy theories come from cognitive biases, including confirmation bias--the likelihood that people will believe narratives that follow their preconceived notions.

Everyone knows that Trump thinks the Clintons are evil; therefore, it's not that big a jump to believing they are bumping off anyone who threatens them in any way or knows too much about their supposed misdeeds.

"High mistrust in authorities" is another thing that predisposes people to believing conspiracy theories.

Trump has good reason to mistrust authorities after he has been the major target of the left for the past decade.

Still, it's not a great look for him to be making these kinds of accusations while he's president.

If he can back them up with evidence--well, that's another story.