Trump administration officials are perplexed, as many people are, by speaker of the House of Representatives Mike JohnsonThey affirm that Donald Trump He was an FBI informant in the case against Jeffrey Epsteinwho died for suicide in 2019 while waiting for the trial for the positions he abused from the minor girls. The president and Epstein had a Well documented friendship.
On Thursday, Johnson made the confusing comments about the president when a Reporter asked him About Trump repeatedly referring to Epstein’s scandal as “Epstein’s Democratic deception.”
“What Trump refers to is the deception that the Democrats are using to try to attack him,” said Johnson, claiming that the president’s feelings had “reproduced badly.” “He doesn’t say what Epstein did is a hoax. It is a terrible and indescribable evil, and believes he himself. When he first listened to the rumor, he threw him out of Mar-A-Lago.”
Johnson then added the statement of the head that Trump “was an FBI informant to try to tear down these things.”
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The conformity with five officials of the Trump administration and others close to the president, Johnson’s “informant” claim on Thursday caused a generalized confusion within the ranks of the Trump government, with several sexy officials -a creation or simply Geware Pudy Whatse Watate meant meant.
For some in the administration, the confusion extended until Saturday, with some officials not yet sure whether Johnson was citing explosive and unheardary internal information, or if independent work was lost.
“What the hell is hey?” A high -performance Trump administration designated Rolling stoneAfter being asked about Johnson’s “informant” comment.
Other Trump advisors say he understood that Johnson was referring to adjustment claims made in Trump media; However, these statements were not equivalent to the idea that he was a federal “informant.”
FBI officials, including deputy director Dan Bongino, did not respond to Rolling stoneSaturday’s consultations about whether or not his boss was a blow for the federals. Trump has not yet commented on Johnson’s statement.
Johnson’s comments occur when the survivors of the sexual offender Epstein joined the legislators to press Trump’s department of justice so that Release more information. Wednesday, rep. RO Khanna (D-Calif.) He said: “Less than one percent of these files have a released bone.”
Trump had promised to launch the duration of the SO-CALLStein files his 2024 campaign, and his administration seemed ready to try to score points with the Magician base on the subject. In July, however, The Department of Justice retreatedIssuing a memorandum that states that Epstein died for suicide and that the long -awaited “customer list” does not exist.
Khanna along with 212 Democrats and four Republicans are attracting by the Transparency law of Epstein filesA high request that calls on the Department of Justice that releases all unlacified records related to Epstein and Ghislaine MaxwellEpstein complicit that was Sentenced to 20 years in prison For sexual trafficking. Meanwhile, Republicans are asking their ranks to support the efforts of the Government Supervision and Reform Committee of the House of Representatives. The Committee published 33,000 documents without apparent revelations on Tuesday.
The survivors are Compilation of a list From Epstein associates based on their own stories, while the Trump administration continues to affirm that there is no list of Epstein clients.
