Mike Johnson backs off claim that Trump was ‘FBI informant’ on Epstein - The Washington Post

"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," Massie said on ABC's "This Week." "I think the speaker needs to clarify that. And if it's a hoax, why was Donald Trump an informant to a hoax?"…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/07/trump-epstein-johnson-fbi/

 

Key Republican source who lied to the FBI about the Bidens receives prison sentence

"A former FBI informant who fabricated a story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes that became central to Republicans' impeachment effort was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison. Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty last month in Los Angeles federal court to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about the phony bribery scheme in what prosecutors say was an effort to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election."

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/key-republican-source-lied-fbi-bidens-receives-prison-sentence-rcna186973

Former FBI informant pleads guilty to fabricating Biden claims

Smirnov had relayed to the FBI that the head of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma told him he had paid both President Biden and his son Hunter Biden $5 million. The claims were false but became central to a House GOP probe of the Bidens. 

In court documents, Smirnov admitted to providing "false derogatory information" about the president and his son…

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5042424-ex-informant-pleads-guilty-federal-charges/

Company that paid FBI informant tied to Trump associates in Dubai, records reveal

An American company that paid the now indicted FBI informant Alexander Smirnov in 2020 is connected to a UK company owned by Trump business associates in Dubai, according to business filings and court documents. 

Smirnov is now accused of lying to the FBI about Hunter Biden and his father, President Joe Biden, alleging that they engaged in a bribery scheme with executives at Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Smirnov's accounts to the FBI, beginning in 2020, that federal prosecutors now say are impossible fabrications, served as a major justification of the House impeachment investigation into the Bidens..

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/14/company-paying-fbi-informant-trump-connections

Former CIA Director explains how Russia is using 'Republican lawmakers as tools’

Former CIA Director John Brennan joins The Weekend to discuss the FBI informant charged with lying to investigators about President Biden and Hunter Biden...

https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend/watch/former-cia-director-explains-how-russia-is-using-republican-lawmakers-as-tools-204892741679

Fox News Reacts to FBI Informant Arrest & Trump Fishes For a VP | The Daily Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjHoxb5GQyM

James Comer COLLAPSES As Biden Lies Catch Up With Him On National TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkHWjWxtPcs

Ex-F.B.I. Informant Is Charged With Lying Over Bidens’ Role in Ukraine Business - The New York Times

The informant's story was part of a series of explosive and unsubstantiated claims by Republicans that the Bidens engaged in potentially criminal activity....

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/us/politics/fbi-informant-bidens-ukraine.html

GOP’s 'missing informant' facing criminal charges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq2SGZGrZGk

Rep. James Comer is looking for anti-Biden evidence. Also, his informant. - The Washington Post

"Nine of the 10 people that we've identified that have very good knowledge with respect to the Bidens, they're one of three things, Maria," he said. "They're either currently in court, they're currently in jail, or they're currently missing." 

This is very vague, certainly. To an objective observer, it also immediately introduces questions: How credible are a cadre of informants, at least one of whom is in jail, and another of whom has gone radio silent? The phrasing, of course, implies that maybe seven of them are facing lawsuits … or maybe seven of them were abducted by men in vans with blacked-out windows! 

Comer knows what he's doing here. It's been a baseless trope since at least the Clinton administration that powerful Democrats disappear their enemies. His role here is providing grist. It's up to others to operate the mill.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/15/comer-biden-allegations/

Reputed federal informant, whistleblower found dead in L.A. after he's reported missing

…Federal and state authorities were scrutinizing allegations of criminal misconduct and the bank's long relationship with former President Donald Trump, the newspaper reported...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reputed-federal-informant-whistleblower-found-dead-l-reported-missing-rcna26382

Trump administration paying undercover informants in migrant caravan: report - The Hill:

The Trump administration has been paying undercover informants in the migrant caravan moving toward the U.S. ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/417653-trump-administration-paying-undercover-informants-in-migrant-caravan

Trey Gowdy: FBI’s Use of Informant for Trump Campaign Was Appropriate - The Daily Beast

The South Carolina Republican joins top Democrats in disputing President Trump's misleading characterization of the informant's activities. ...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trey-gowdy-fbis-use-of-informant-for-trump-campaign-was-appropriate

It’s right there in plain sight - The Washington Post: Opinion

Republicans aren't even hiding the depths to which they will sink for Trump. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/05/18/its-right-there-in-plain-sight/

Were Henry’s Civil Rights Violated? - ProPublica

A Department of Homeland Security watchdog is looking into the case of a Long Island high school student who informed on the gang MS-13 and was marked for deportation. ....
https://www.propublica.org/article/were-henry-civil-rights-violated