Trump was an FBI Informant in Epstein Case, Speaker Johnson Claims
House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed Donald Trump acted as an FBI informant against Jeffrey Epstein, fueling political controversy amid demands for full release of Epstein case files.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed that President Donald Trump was an FBI informant in the Jeffrey Epstein case while speaking to reporters at the Capitol.
- Trump referred to the Epstein saga as 'a hoax' and stated he expelled Epstein from Mar-a-Lago when he first heard rumors.
- Johnson's remarks are the first official claim regarding Trump's involvement as an informant in the Epstein case.
- The White House has not commented on Johnson's remarks about Trump's involvement in the Epstein case.
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Speaker Johnson says he misspoke about Trump being an FBI informant in the Epstein case
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that he didn’t mean to suggest in a recent interview that Trump had or had not been an FBI informant in the case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Despite Jeffrey Epstein ‘Hoax’ Comments, Speaker Claims Trump ‘Wants Everything To Come Out'
In an attempt to walk back his previous claim that President Donald Trump had been an FBI informant in the case against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that Trump wants to see all the files released. This runs counter to many statements from Trump calling the files’ release “foolish” and that the files themselves are a “hoax.” On Friday, video of Johnson telling CNN’s Manu Raju that Trump had been an …
Speaker Johnson walks backs comment that Trump was an ‘FBI informant’ in Epstein case | News Channel 3-12
By Ellis Kim, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday attempted to clean up earlier remarks he made claiming that President Donald Trump had been an “FBI informant” in the Jeffrey Epstein case. “What I was referring to in that long conversation was what the (Epstein) victims’ attorney said,” Johnson told reporters. “More than a decade ago, President Trump kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago, and he was one of the only people, on…
Johnson defended Trump last week by asserting that he "throwed" Epstein from his private complex in Mar-a-Lago and that he sympathized with the victims
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