House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is attempting to retract a claim he made about President Donald Trump .

During remarks to reporters, Johnson on Friday made clear that Trump is horrified by the crimes committed by late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein . But he added that the president “was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down.”

“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,” Johnson continued.

His comments, which perplexed both administration officials and critics alike, came as survivors of the convicted sex offender’s abuse rallied on Capitol Hill two days earlier to demand Congress release all documents related to the Justice Department’s investigation into Epstein — a

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