Donald Trump was shocked to learn that child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein had killed himself in jail while awaiting trial and believed conspiracy theories would inevitably follow, according to his former attorney general.

In newly released testimony with House investigators, Bill Barr, who was part of Trump’s first administration when Epstein died in 2019, recounted how he called the president to convey the news, warning him: “You better brace for this.”

“He had the same reaction I did, which was: ”How the hell did that happen, he’s in Federal custody?’,” said Barr.

“The last everyone knew, he was being carefully watched precisely for that reason. And I think I conveyed to him that it was appalling and that we were going to investigate it vigorously… and he had the same reaction I did

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