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 jail-house 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.