House Speaker Mike Johnson said Donald Trump wasn't involved in the decision to oust the chair. There's reason to believe otherwise.
Speaker Mike Johnson is remaking the House Intelligence Committee in President-elect Donald Trump’s image, a shakeup with immense implications as the president-elect returns to power.
Congresswoman Plaskett, who previously served as a Member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) during the 118th Congress released the following statement on her reappointment for the 119 Congress:
House Speaker Mike Johnson has removed Republican Rep. Mike Turner as chair of the House Intelligence Committee for the 119th Congress.
The move by Speaker Mike Johnson provides the latest evidence of a changing posture more favorable to Russia under Donald Trump.
Speaker Mike Johnson has decided to remove Rep. Mike Turner as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. It came after a long drama that started with a warning the representative made last February that allegedly involved Russian space technology, Fox News reported.
The Ohio Republican has been an outspoken advocate for Ukraine funding and other hawkish national security stances.
The speaker replaced a Republican who had criticized the president-elect and broken with him on key issues, and who had drawn the ire and suspicion of those close to the president-elect.
Speaker Mike Johnson has made the House Intelligence Committee far friendlier to the MAGA movement, and the adverse consequences are likely to linger.
Speaker Mike Johnson has announced the Ohio Republican will no longer lead powerful investigatory panel, reportedly under pressure from the president-elect
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Thursday said he was “flabbergasted” by the decision to remove Rep. Mike Turner (Ohio) as the Republican chairman
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will not make Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the 119th Congress, a source familiar with the decision confirmed to The Hill.