Johnson claims that when he said Trump was an ‘FBI informant’ he didn’t mean FBI informant
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sought to clarify Monday his comments that spread widely last week about President Trump being an “FBI informant” against the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting he misspoke about the president’s efforts to assist law enforcement as it investigated the wealthy financier.
“I don’t know if I used the right word,” Johnson told reporters Monday. “I said, ‘FBI informant’ but I’m not sure. I wasn’t there — this isn’t my lane.”
“I’m just repeating what is common knowledge and has been out in the public for a long time: President Trump was never a hindrance to the Epstein investigation, he was trying to assist, and that he is disgusted,” he continued.
Johnson told CNN’s Manu Raju on Friday that Trump “was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down,” referring to the president’s documented past friendship with Epstein and their eventual falling out nearly two decades ago.
The term “informant” is an official designation given to sources who provide confidential information to the FBI. [Continue reading…]