Speculation around Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein refuses to die down, no matter how many new controversies pop up from somewhere. Again this week, the scandal was reignited after House Speaker Mike Johnson made a startling claim.
Speaker Johnson claimed that the president once acted as an FBI informant against the disgraced financier. Johnson’s remarks that were delivered during a press briefing, sent shockwaves through Washington and the internet. This obviously sparked confusion, doubt, and a flurry of online memes.
Johnson was talking to journalists when he said Trump had cooperated with authorities after discovering Epstein’s predatory behavior. He then emphasised how Trump even went so far as to expel him from Mar-a-Lago. The House Speaker called this a form of cooperation with the FBI suggesting that Trump was an FBI informant.
The way Johnson framed the sentence was as if the FBI asked Trump to give them information on Epstein, thus making him their informant.
BREAKING: Mike Johnson just claimed that Trump “was an FBI informant” to help take down Jeffrey Epstein.
If this is the case then Trump would be a hero after it’s all released in the Epstein Files.
Release the files! pic.twitter.com/rftV7WYUhX
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) September 5, 2025
However, his futile attempt to praise and impress Trump did not go as planned because within hours, Johnson had to walk back on the remark. He clarified that he was actually relaying praise from a victim’s attorney and was not citing official FBI documents. Yet, this clarification did little to stop the firestorm of speculation.
This was a gift landed on the lap of memer and jokesters online. Almost immediately, social media users created the bizarre image of Trump as an FBI informant. On X , posts after post ridiculed the idea of Trump being an informant.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) backed off his claim that President Trump was an FBI informant in the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://t.co/xqRozV17D2
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 7, 2025
One user jokingly said, “We know Trump wasn’t an FBI informant because he would’ve bragged about being the best informant in history.”
Others paired Trump’s photos with different versions of captions about secret wiretaps and undercover missions.
These remarks quickly became the top trending topic. They became the proof of how the most serious allegation can be turned into the meme of the day. They were also proof of how ‘not seriously’ people were taking anything this administration was saying about Trump’s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.
Why am I just finding out trump was an $informant for the fbi and the token is only 100k?
Bs82Bbc9CCWvMPDKBVCZJqMSvAz9heR8fDDPGPvrpump pic.twitter.com/qgyhnTJ4Ye
— DingoDez (@desimone_s52719) September 6, 2025
This was not just limited to the memes. Johnson’s remarks were the evidence of fracture among Trump’s base and republican party. While many in MAGA are ready to blindly follow Trump into the abyss on Epstein case, other aliens align themselves with the Republican party in asking how this is justified and logical statements.
They also expressed frustration over such careless messaging from leadership. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted GOP leadership for failing to push harder on Epstein-related transparency, calling it a “major misstep.”
There is an Epstein Files Transparency Act being debated in the house right now regarding releasing the Epstein files. The controversy is about the need to release the sealed documents.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have recognized the public’s demand for accountability and some sort of action against those who are named in the files.
🚨 BREAKING: CONGRESS JUST INTRODUCED THE “EPSTEIN FILES TRANSPARENCY ACT” AND IT’S MASSIVE
The bill demands the DOJ release everything:
• Flight logs
• Names of officials
• Internal FBI emails
• Immunity deals
• Epstein’s death records🧨 No redactions for “reputational… pic.twitter.com/hjdUMGVs3g
— HustleBitch (@HustleBitch_) July 16, 2025
This came especially after new names of “persons of interest” reportedly surfaced in closed-door meetings with victims’ attorneys.
Trump so far has not directly addressed Johnson’s informant remark. However, he took credit for cutting ties with Epstein long before his arrest in 2019.
Political analysts note that the incident teaches the challenge of controlling narratives in the social media age and how even the most fleeting remark can change the discourse of the conversation and unleash a cascade of reactions. And these can go from mockery to serious allegations within minutes.
