Speaker Johnson claims Trump was an FBI informant on Epstein
There is no official confirmation from the FBI or DOJ as of time of writing
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday claimed in a CNN exchange that President Donald Trump acted as an FBI informant in matters related to Jeffrey Epstein.
“He was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down,” Johnson said, according to outlets that captured the interview.
Johnson’s remark came amid renewed pressure on Congress to release unclassified Epstein records. Epstein survivors and a bipartisan duo—Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna—have urged a floor vote to compel disclosure. House leadership has instead pointed to an Oversight Committee document dump exceeding 33,000 pages, which was deemed insufficient by Massie, Khanna, and victims of Epstein.
Epstein victims want the list released too
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse stood with Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) on the Capitol steps, urging Congress to compel the Justice Department to release its Epstein files. Massie said a discharge petition to force a vote needs two additional Republican signatures if all Democrats sign; House leaders prefer to continue the Oversi…
There is no independent confirmation from the FBI or Justice Department supporting Johnson’s assertion about Trump’s alleged informant role.
Johnson has previously emphasized that the Epstein scandal “is not a hoax,” while Trump has alternated between distancing himself from Epstein—citing a Mar-a-Lago ban years ago—and downplaying the push to release files as politically driven.