Neal Katyal, who served as acting U.S. Solicitor General under former President Obama from 2010 to 2011, called President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE’s retweet of a conspiracy theory tying former President Clinton to the death of alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein “unfathomable.”

“It is unfathomable to me that a President of the United States would retweet this. Literally unfathomable,” Katyal tweeted Saturday evening.

It is unfathomable to me that a President of the United States would retweet this. Literally unfathomable. It would be outrageous for even a member of a local city council, let alone from the person who is to Take Care that the Laws be Faithfully Executed. pic.twitter.com/wx7FCdnmp2 — Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) August 10, 2019

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“It would be outrageous for even a member of a local city council, let alone from the person who is to Take Care that the Laws be Faithfully Executed,” he added.

The tweet in question cited no evidence. Clinton’s name appears several times on flight logs for Epstein’s private jet, while Epstein and Trump were known to move in the same circles in New York and Florida and Trump told New York Magazine that Epstein was a “terrific guy” in 2002 but later fell out with the financier.

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Several 2020 Democratic candidates blasted Trump for spreading the conspiracy theory Sunday morning, including Sen. Cory Booker Cory Anthony Booker3 reasons why Biden is misreading the politics of court packing Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death DHS opens probe into allegations at Georgia ICE facility MORE (D-N.J.) and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), as did CNN’s Jake Tapper Jacob (Jake) Paul TapperThe media's misleading use of COVID-19 data Julia Louis-Dreyfus: 'We can't spend much time grieving' Ginsburg Pence aide dismisses concerns rushed vote on Trump nominee will hurt vulnerable senators MORE, who said Trump could "use his megaphone for anything” but “often uses it to amplify that which is the worst of us: personal attacks, bigotry and insane conspiracy theories.”