Donald Trump was never informant for FBI in Epstein case, says Kash Patel

FBI Director Kash Patel arrives to testify before the House Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing. (Photo: AP)

“Donald Trump has not been, and I can only speak for the FBI, an informant of the FBI,” Patel said, while responding to Swalwell.

Johnson claimed Trump was an FBI informant

It was the Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who had last month claimed that Trump was an FBI informant against Epstein.

“He was an FBI informant to try and take this stuff down,” Johnson, a close Trump ally, had said.

However, after being widely mocked and even the White House denying the claim, Johnson walked back, saying he misspoke.

“The speaker is reiterating what the victims’ attorney said, which is that Donald Trump – who kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago – was the only one more than a decade ago willing to help prosecutors expose Epstein for being a disgusting child predator,” Johnson’s office said in a statement.

Patel vs Swalwell

Much like his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Patel’s day at the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday also swirled into a war of words.

Swalwell once again asked Patel why the FBI has not released more documents in the Epstein case. “Did you tell the attorney general that Donald Trump’s name is in the Epstein files?,” Swalwell asked, in a slow, word-by-word manner.

Eric Swalwell speaks to FBI Director Kash Patel. (Photo: AP)

Patel did not take the seemingly mocking tone of the question and replied, saying, “Why don’t you try spelling it out if you’re going to mock me?. Use the alphabet. No? A, B, C, D, E, F – don’t wanna do it?”

‘No photos of Trump with underaged girls’

The FBI Director also informed the House Judiciary Committee that there are no suggestive photographs of Donald Trump with underage girls in connection with the Epstein case.

Democrat Ted Lieu, who played a video in which the journalist Michael Wolff said Epstein had, years earlier, shown him photos of Trump with underage girls, asked, “Are there any photos showing Donald Trump with girls of an uncertain age?”

When Patel said, “No”, Lieu asked, “How do you know that?”

“Because that information would have been brought to light by multiple administrations and FBI investigators over the course of last 20 years,” Patel said.