House Speaker Mike Johnson defended President Trump after he called the bipartisan push to release Jeffrey Epstein investigation files a "Democrat hoax," saying Trump has been an FBI informant for decades and "has great sympathy for the women who have suffered these unspeakable harms."
A former FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov, has been charged with lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden's involvement in business dealings with Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings.