House Speaker Mike Johnson has replaced Ohio GOP Rep. Mike Turner as the leader of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence with Arkansas GOP Rep. Rick Crawford. Support the investigative reporting and honest news presentation you've come to enjoy from Just the News.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday selected Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) to chair the House Intelligence Committee, elevating the veteran panel member to the role after he removed Rep. Mike
Speaker Mike Johnson has made the House Intelligence Committee far friendlier to the MAGA movement, and the adverse consequences are likely to linger.
Johnson sent shockwaves around Capitol Hill when he decided to oust Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio — a staunch NATO supporter who has aggressively pushed for U.S. aid to Ukraine — as chair of the House Intelligence Committee and replace him with Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., a conservative who voted against the most recent Ukraine aid package.
Speaker Mike Johnson—at the behest of President-elect Donald Trump—is removing Rep. Mike Turner as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sources told the Daily Beast on Wednesday. Turner, whose committee oversees national intelligence agencies,
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson said he selected Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., to serve as the next chairman of the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, one day after Johnson made the stunning decision to oust Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, from the role.
The alliance between Speaker Mike Johnson and President-elect Donald Trump may prove to be the most important relationship in Washington.
Ohio Republican Rep. Mike Turner has been removed as the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and will not serve in that powerful role in the new Congress.