Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday said he does not plan to allow votes on any measures related to the Jeffrey Epstein ...
Johnson accused the Democrats of using the House's rules committee as a "political battering ram."[image or embed]
-- Forbes (@forbes.com) Jul 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The claim that 'Speaker of the House Mike Johnson "adopted" an 11-year-old son when he was a single 25-year-old man' is inaccurate based on available reports.
- Timeline and Age: Mike Johnson and his wife Kelly took in a teenager named Michael when they were newlyweds, and Michael was 14 years old at that time"not 11. Johnson was not a single man; he was married when they took Michael in[2][3][12][13].
- Nature of Relationship: The Johnsons did **not formally adopt Michael**. According to Johnson and his representatives, they took "custody" of Michael, but due to the "lengthy adoption process," there was never a formal, legal adoption[2][3][12][13]. He has sometimes referred to Michael as his "adopted" son, but this is not a legal designation.
- Michael's Public Profile: As an adult, Michael has chosen to remain out of Johnson's public life, and the Johnsons have respected that preference[2][3][5].
There is no evidence that Johnson informally or formally "adopted" Michael as a single man at age 25, nor that Michael was 11 at the time. Instead, the Johnsons took a 14-year-old Michael"whom they met through church youth ministry"into their home after they married, and Michael remained part of their family without a formal adoption[2][3][9][12][13].
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[14] www.thelist.com
No fact checker supports the statement that Mike Johnson adopted an 11-year-old boy as a single man.
Credible reporting instead shows Johnson and his wife took in a 14-year-old boy as newlyweds, without conducting a formal legal adoption
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[2] www.businessinsider.com
[3] unprecedented.ghost.io
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1995 Epstein reportedly called Maria Farmer"who has accused Epstein and Maxwell of sexual assault"to his New York office late at night, where Trump then arrived and "started to hover over" Farmer, who was in her mid-20s at the time, and "stared at her bare legs" before Epstein said, "No, no. She's not here for you," Farmer reportedly told the FBI, according to The New York Times.
1995 Trump took another flight on an Epstein jet, the flight logs say.
1997 Trump took a seventh flight on one of Epstein's jets.
1997 Trump and Epstein were photographed standing near each other at a Victoria's Secret "Angels" party, according to a Getty image of Trump posing with model Ingrid Seynhaeve that shows Epstein in the background.
1999 A video released by CNN showed Trump and Epstein laughing and chatting with each other at another Victoria's Secret event.
2000 Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre was working at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort when she was recruited by Maxwell to work as Epstein's personal masseuse and was groomed by the two to provide sexual services for Epstein and his wealthy circle, according to a deposition Giuffre gave that was made public in 2019.
2003 Trump allegedly gave Epstein the birthday card that said "may every day be another wonderful secret," according to the Thursday report in the Wall Street Journal, which the president denies.
2004 Trump and Epstein had a falling out when Trump outbid him for a Palm Beach mansion, according to a Washington Post report.
2015 Trump's name appeared circled in Epstein's "little black book" of 1,571 personal contacts, which spanned 97 pages of names, numbers and addresses of Epstein's associates, including high-powered figures such as Prince Andrew and Ehud Barak, whose names were among about 38 also circled, according to a copy of the document published by Gawker in 2015.
Crucial Quote
"I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him," Trump told reporters from the Oval Office in 2019 when Epstein was arrested. "I was not a fan of his, that I can tell you."
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"If two adults did something 69 years ago, then Trump should be able to rape children!"
-BullBringer
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