House Speaker Mike Johnson replaced Rep. Mike Turner as chair of the House Intelligence Committee with Rep. Rick Crawford, citing a desire for “fresh horses” and not directly involving
Speaker Mike Johnson is remaking the House Intelligence Committee in Donald Trump’s image, a shakeup with immense implications as the president-elect returns to power.
Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR), the new chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, wants to get to the truth of Havana syndrome. Namely, the role of a foreign adversary.
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.
Turner — an advocate for Ukraine funding who has at times been criticized by Republican skeptics of Ukraine in the House — reportedly told CBS News that the speaker cited “concerns from Mar-a-Lago,” Trump’s primary residence in Florida, as the justification for his removal as chair.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) declined to reappoint Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, removing an influential internationalist from a key national security post.
Dayton, has been ousted from his position as chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson picked Rep. Rick Crawford on Thursday to chair the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, removing Mike Turner from the seat.
That statement was released Wednesday by Rep. Jim Himes a few hours after Speaker Mike Johnson ousted Turner as chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Himes is a Democrat, representing a D+13 district in indigo-blue Connecticut. Turner is a Republican who hails from blood-red Ohio.
Mike Turner, the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that ... that "the only thing that would protect the United States and protect our citizens is divestiture ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson has selected Republican Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas to be the next chairman of the House Intelligence Committee after Rep. Mike Turner was ousted from the role Wednesday,