Revelations and Requests: The Epstein-Trump Connection Unveiled
US House speaker Mike Johnson made a surprising claim that Donald Trump was an FBI informant working to bring down Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex trafficker. However, Johnson later clarified his statement, saying that Trump had helped prosecutors expose Epstein as a child predator over a decade ago. This revelation came from attorney Brad Edwards, who represents Epstein's victims. Both Democrats and Republicans are urging the US justice department to release more information about Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 while facing sex-trafficking charges. A bipartisan effort in the House is pushing for the release of all files related to Epstein, with victims speaking out in support of the legislation. Despite Trump's promise to release a list of Epstein's clients during his 2024 campaign, the justice department now claims no such list exists, and Trump has dismissed the matter as a "Democrat Epstein Hoax." Trump and Epstein, once friends, had a falling-out in 2004 over a dispute involving workers at Mar-a-Lago.