Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL) - FBI Daily News Briefing - September 8, 2025

From: To: Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL) - FBI Daily News Briefing - September 8, 2025 Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:10:11 +0000 Importance: Normal EFTA00163818 EFTA00163819 Trump Was FBI Informant in Epstein Case, Speaker Johnson Says EFTA00163820 News Nation Now (09/05, Donovan) reported that House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed President Donald Trump served as an FBI informant in the Jeffrey Epstein case while defending Trump's recent comments referring to the scandal as the "Democrat Epstein Hoax." According to the article, Johnson clarified that Trump was criticizing Democrats' use of the scandal against him politically, saying, "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." Johnson added, "He was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down. The president knows - and has great sympathy for the women who suffered these un