Congressman embeds hidden Jeffrey Epstein message in series of tweets
A US Congressman has embedded a hidden message about Jeffrey Epstein's death in a series of tweets posted on his account.
Over a series of seven hours, Republican Paul Gosar posted 23 tweets all criticising Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry and the witnesses who testified today.
But, taken together, the first letter of each tweet spells out the phrase "Epstein didn't kill himself".
The first letters of Paul Gosar's 23 consecutive tweets spell out 'Epstein didn't kill himself'. Twitter
Mr Gosar followed his tweets with a mocking follow-up.
The tweets were made during the televised impeachment hearings.
A coroner's report found that multi-millionaire sex predator Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in a jail cell in New York City in August.
Epstein was awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges before his death.
But memes about his death have gained traction among conspiracy theorists.
Paul Gosar is one of the most conservative members of Congress. AP
Mr Gosar is one of the most right-wing members of House of Representatives, famously boycotting Pope Francis' address to Congress because he was not planning on speaking about "violent Islam" or sexual health clinic Planned Parenthood.
He also referred to Native Americans as "wards of the federal government" and suggested the Charlottesville neo-Nazi rally was organised by left-wingers.
Last year, six of Mr Gosar's siblings appeared in a political ad slamming him and urging voters to support his Democratic opponent.
Epstein's powerful connections
Epstein was a well-connected New York socialite, counting Mr Trump, Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton among his friends.
President Trump praised him as a "terrific guy" in an interview with New York magazine in 2002.
Donald Trump with billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2000, with their respective partners Melania Knauss (now Trump) and Ghislaine Maxwell at the president's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Getty
"He's a lot of fun to be with," Mr Trump said.
"It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side."
A decade ago, Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a teenage girl in a sweetheart deal negotiated by US attorney Alex Acosta.
Mr Acosta would later be appointed to Mr Trump's cabinet.
In leaked video published last week, US journalist Amy Robach said her interview with an Epstein accuser was never aired because of US journalist Amy Robach.
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