Posted on 05/09/2024 10:58:28 AM PDT by RandFan
MIKE DON’T KNOW ABOUT JACK — We’d also like to highlight a couple of other newsy tidbits from Johnson, who spoke to us just a few hours after easily surviving the MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE-led attempt to remove him as speaker.
He described how he “didn’t think they would go through with it” after talking with the Georgia Republican and her allies. He talked about how he approached Greene, Rep. THOMAS MASSIE (R-Ky.) and Rep. PAUL GOSAR (R-Ariz.) on the floor afterward to make peace.
“I said … ‘I don’t carry grudges, and I’m not angry about this,” he said. “We have to work together. And I want to work with you guys and those ideas we were talking about. I’m still working on them, so I hope we can put this behind us and move forward.’”
But in one of his more provocative remarks, Johnson went in depth on what exactly he’d discussed with Greene & Co. — particularly their demand to defund special counsel JACK SMITH as part of the appropriations process. He essentially called their effort to target DONALD TRUMP’s chief prosecutor unworkable.
“That’s not something you wave a wand and just eliminate the special counsel as a provision,” the former constitutional law attorney explained. “There is a necessity for a function like that, because sometimes the Department of Justice — which is an executive branch agency — can’t necessarily, without a conflict of interest, investigate or prosecute the president who’s their boss, or the president’s family.”
We followed up: So are you prepared to write language eliminating Smith’s job into appropriations bills?
His answer? “No.”
While Johnson might be correct that targeting Smith is much easier said than done, his candor on this topic could land crosswise with Trump, who played a major role in holding off a GOP coup and offered measured support for the speaker yesterday.
The issue is clearly a sensitive one. This morning, we asked Trump’s campaign about Johnson’s special counsel remarks at 10:27 a.m. Four minutes later, we got a call from a person close with Johnson who offered what he sees as an important caveat: that Johnson is looking at other ways to go after Smith.
“Yeah ok, let’s give cover to Johnson who is s back stabbing Traitor and a dirty coward”
That makes such a good argument - NOT.
Uniparty.
Special council, not approved by Congress, isn’t a special council. They didn’t follow the law to appoint him, so he is invalid. Jack Smith is funded by the DOJ, via the executive. You have to defund the executive since there isn’t a real special council.
we got a call from a person close with Johnson who offered what he sees as an important caveat: that Johnson is looking at other ways to go after Smith."
Ole Mike is 100% captured. Mikey will not do a single thing that his handler does not approve.
Smith is being funded and treated like a Special Counsel. He has all the special powers associated with that position. He not only must be defunded, but also, removed.
It’s not an argument, it’s a statement of fact.
Bet speaker Johnson has a tattoo behind his lower lip OWNED/DNC.
Johnson is a weak sister with feet of clay and zero principles. He may be a good little babble thumper but wouldn’t give a tinker’s damn to have to rely on someone like him in a tight spot. We know what he is made of now. Just a puddle of jello and that is being polite.
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