House Speaker Mike Johnson made an explosive claim about President Donald Trump Friday while talking to reporters at the Capitol.

Johnson was asked to respond to Trump’s recent comments on Jeffrey Epstein , the wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who died in a New York jail cell in 2019. On Wednesday, Trump called the ongoing Epstein saga "a hoax."

What did Johnson say about Trump and Epstein?

What they're saying:

"What Trump is referring to is the hoax that the Democrats are using to try to attack him," Johnson said.

"It’s been misrepresented. He’s not saying that what Epstein did is a hoax. It’s a terrible, unspeakable evil; he believes that himself. When he first heard the rumor, he kicked him out of Mar-a-Lago.

"He was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down,

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