Article 6ZWAE Mike Johnson claimed Trump was anti-Epstein informant, then retreated amid criticism

Mike Johnson claimed Trump was anti-Epstein informant, then retreated amid criticism

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Sam Levine in New York
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House speaker made baffling claim that president worked with FBI to take down Epstein before later backing away

In a matter of days, the US House speaker, Mike Johnson, claimed that Donald Trump was an FBI informant who was working to try to take down the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein - then backed away from the confusing statement.

Johnson made the baffling claim on Thursday speaking to reporters at the US Capitol. He was an FBI informant to try and take this stuff down," Johnson said of Trump.

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