While defending the recent comments of President Donald Trump about the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Johnson made the shocking comments to the journalists who pressed him about Trump calling the demands of additional archives of Epstein “Epstein’s Democratic deception”, despite the fact that Republicans and much of the Trump base also demand their release.

“What Trump refers to is the deception that Democrats are using to try to attack him,” said Johnson.

“He has been misrepresented. He is not saying that what Epstein did is a hoax. It is a terrible and indescribable evil; he believes he himself. When he first heard the rumor, he threw him out of Mar-a-Lago,” said Johnson.

Then he dropped the bomb.

The president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson (R-La.), Speaks with journalists at a press conference at the United States Capitol on September 3, 2025.
The president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson (R-La.), Speaks with journalists at a press conference at the United States Capitol on September 3, 2025.

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“He was an FBI informant to try to knock down these things,” Johnson said about Trump.
“The president knows: and he has great sympathy for women who suffered these indescribable damages. He is detestable to him.”

The White House did not immediately respond to confirmation requests that Trump served as an FBI informant. Johnson’s office did not respond immediately, when he was asked to clarify his comments.

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Although Trump has minimized having a friendship with Epstein, he is in the registry once he spoke with love of him, telling New York magazine in 2002: “I know Jeff for 15 years. Native type.” And in July, the Washington Post published the content of a lascivious birthday card that, according to the reports, Trump gave Epstein in 2003, which included the message: “Happy birthday, and every day they are another wonderful secret.” Trump denies having something to do with the letter.

The sources have also said that the two were frequently seen socializing in Palm Beach, Florida, until they had a sudden fight in the late 2004 A Mar-A-Lago Member “.

Shortly after, Palm Beach police received a tip that young women had seen that they were going and from Epstein’s house, The Times reported.