House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., takes questions from reporters in late July at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Speaker Johnson says he misspoke about Trump being an FBI informant in the Epstein case

Politics

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that he didn't mean to suggest in a recent interview that Trump had or had not been an FBI informant in the case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

"I don't know if I used the right word," Johnson told reporters at the Capitol. "I said FBI informant. 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 in that."

Johnson, a Republican, said the House Oversight Committee chaired by GOP Rep. James Comer, of Kentucky, will visit the Epstein estate to review visitor logs and other information as part of its probe.

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