{"database": "deposition_transcripts", "table": "segments", "rows": [[8682, 6, 46, "Page 47", null, null, "Federal custody?\" And 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 I -- and he had the same reaction I did, which is this is going to certainly generate a lot of conspiracy theories. These are not his exact words, but that's what I remember about the conversation being e\ufb00ectively -- maybe words to the e\ufb00ect, yeah. Q Did President Trump say anything else in that conversation? A That's all I can recall. Q So just to tie all this together, would I be correct in understanding that prior to Mr. Epstein's suicide, you did not communicate directly with the President in connection with the Epstein investigation? A I said that the one conversation I recall could have happened before his suicide, around the time of his arrest, but my best recollection is it happened later. But those are the only two conversations I can remember having with the President directly about Epstein. Mr. O'Callaghan. About Epstein generally, not the Epstein investigation? The Witness. Right. Yeah. BY : Q Shifting back to the Florida investigation, it's my understanding that you recused yourself during your second tenure as Attorney General from DOJ's review of that prosecution and the plea agreement. Is that correct? A No, I didn't recuse myself. I think in my con\ufb01rmation hearing I put that -- I didn't want to cross that bridge because I needed to consult people about the issue, and I wasn't sure of the timing of things. And so -- you know, when things occurred and so forth. So later on, when it became an issue, I had it reviewed and got the advice of the Ethics people"]], "columns": ["id", "deposition_id", "segment_index", "speaker", "start_seconds", "end_seconds", "text"], "primary_keys": ["id"], "primary_key_values": ["8682"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2291688472032547, "source": "Epstein Files Transparency Act (Public Law 119-38) DOJ Production", "source_url": "https://www.justice.gov/epstein", "license": "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"}