Donald Trump spreads Bill Clinton conspiracy theory about Jeffrey Epstein’s death in jail
- Financier Jeffrey Epstein, awaiting trial on charges he trafficked underage girls for sex, was found dead in jail Saturday of an apparent suicide
- Donald Trump retweeted a conspiracy theory alleging, without evidence, that Bill Clinton may be connected with Epstein’s death
US President Donald Trump retweeted an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that former president Bill Clinton was in some way responsible for the death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, hours after reports of the financier’s jailhouse suicide.
The president on Saturday retweeted a post by comedian and Trump backer Terrence Williams, who said Epstein “had information on Bill Clinton” and was now dead.
“I see #TrumpBodyCount trending but we know who did this!” Williams wrote.
Williams is part of a troupe called the Deplorables, which bills itself as “an uproarious comedy show for conservative thinkers” known for “unabashedly mocking liberals”.
Trump, who was spending the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey also retweeted a post that referenced a claim by Epstein accuser Virginia Guiffre that Clinton visited the private island owned by his one-time donor.
The Twitter account that sent the post, BNL News, is unverified and “run by independent journalists”.