Whereas defending President Donald Trump’s current feedback in regards to the Jeffrey Epstein case, Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) stated Friday that the president all the time took accusations towards the convicted intercourse offender severely and was truly an “FBI informant.”
Johnson made the stunning remarks to reporters who pressed him about Trump calling calls for for extra Epstein information “the Democrat Epstein Hoax” ― regardless that Republicans and far of Trump’s base are additionally demanding their launch.
“What Trump is referring to is the hoax that the Democrats are using to try to attack him,” Johnson stated.
“It’s been misrepresented. He’s not saying that what Epstein did is a hoax. It’s a terrible, unspeakable evil; he believes that himself. When he first heard the rumor, he kicked him out of Mar-a-Lago,” Johnson stated.
Then he dropped the bombshell.
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“He was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down,” Johnson stated of Trump.
“The president knows ― and has great sympathy for the women who suffered these unspeakable harms. It’s detestable to him.”
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to requests for affirmation on Trump serving as an FBI informant. Johnson’s workplace didn’t instantly reply, both, when requested to make clear his remarks.
Although Trump has downplayed having a friendship with Epstein, he’s on the document as soon as talking fondly of him, telling New York Journal in 2002: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy.” And in July, The Washington Publish printed the contents of a lewd birthday card Trump reportedly gave Epstein in 2003, which included the message: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” Trump denies having something to do with the letter.
Sources have additionally stated the 2 had been steadily seen socializing in Palm Seashore, Florida, till that they had a sudden falling-out in late 2004. The New York Instances explored the implosion of their relationship in a July story, reporting that someday round late 2004, the 2 males squabbled over an actual property deal and that Trump was upset as a result of Epstein “acted inappropriately to the daughter of a member of Mar-a-Lago.”
Shortly thereafter, the Palm Seashore police acquired a tip that younger ladies had been seen coming and going from Epstein’s house, the Instances reported.
