Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) called for answers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) claimed that President Donald Trump was an informant in the case against Jeffrey Epstein.
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Moskowitz inquired whether Rep. Jim Jordan's committee had contacted the FBI regarding Johnson's revelation. The speaker has since walked back the claim.
"Before [FBI Director] Kash Patel comes, we should clear up, maybe that we should send a letter to him to find out if the president was an informant," Moskowitz explained. "And if he was an informant, is that because he was working with the FBI after he was working — hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein? Did he turn because he got caught with Jeffrey Epstein?"
"You know, when you're an FBI informant, there are lots of questions about how you became an FBI informant. And then how long was he an FBI informant? When did his service to the FBI stop, you know, being a member of the deep state? When did he stop doing that?" he continued.
"But the speaker of the house is the one who said it. And then he said afterwards, well, I may have misspoke."
Moskowitz said he couldn't imagine what Johnson must have intended to say.
"I mean, what is the misspeak for informant?" he asked. "And if he was lying then, is he lying now? I'm just confused. Perhaps maybe the speaker should come to our committee and tell us what he meant when he said that."
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) noted that the FBI opened its investigation into Epstein shortly after Trump said he liked girls "on the younger side."
"I think we should know how that investigation began," the lawmaker remarked. "We know that President Trump had a falling out with Jeffrey Epstein around that time. Was it President Trump who provided the FBI with the information that caused this investigation to be opened?"
