Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) suggested that Jeffrey Epstein may have had ties to U.S. intelligence agencies during an appearance on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, claiming the public would be “shocked” if the full truth were revealed.
Host George Stephanopoulos pressed Massie about recent comments by House Speaker Mike Johnson, who appeared to suggest former President Donald Trump had acted as an informant to the FBI in connection with Epstein.
“I don’t know if the speaker misspoke when he said that Donald Trump was an informant,” Massie responded. “The lawyers for the victim said that Donald Trump had been helpful in 2009 in their case by giving them information. But being an informant implies some formal connection and ongoing relationship with the FBI. I don’t know what that’s all about. I think the speaker needs to clarify that. And if it’s a hoax, why was Donald Trump an informant to a hoax?”
When asked why he thought Trump and others might resist releasing more Epstein-related documents, Massie said powerful political and financial interests are likely at stake.
“I think it’s going to be embarrassing to some of the billionaires, some of the donors who are politically connected to his campaign,” he said. “I also think Democrats are going to be implicated in this, Democrat donors. When you get to the billionaire level, a lot of these folks give to both parties anyway.”
Massie then pointed to what he sees as potentially deeper connections.
“There are probably intelligence ties to our CIA, maybe to other foreign intelligence, and the American people would be shocked, I think, to know that our intelligence agency was working with a pedophile who was running a sex trafficking ring,” he argued. “So these are the reasons, I think, that they are resisting this. But we can’t avoid justice just to avoid embarrassment for some very powerful men.”
