"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. He was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down. The president knows and has great sympathy for the women who've suffered these unspeakeable harms. It's detestable to him. He and I have spoken about this as recently as 24 hours ago."
"What Johnson may be referring to is attorney Bradley Edwards, who represents some of Epstein's victims, referring to help he received from Trump during an original investigation into Epstein that led to the billionaire becoming a convicted child sex predator. Edwards spoke this week next to victims of Epstein in a call for more documents related to the billionaire to be released."
House Speaker Mike Johnson asserted that President Donald Trump acted as an FBI informant during early investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, claiming Trump helped investigators and had kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago. Johnson characterized Democratic motives as impure while insisting Trump found Epstein's crimes detestable and expressed sympathy for victims. No independent evidence supports that the president ever served as an FBI informant. Attorney Bradley Edwards said Trump made phone calls that aided an original investigation and did not treat Epstein's conduct as a hoax at that time. Jeffrey Epstein died by apparent suicide in 2019 while facing sex‑trafficking charges.
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