House Speaker Mike Johnson removes Republican Rep. Mike Turner from the House Intelligence Committee, citing a need for a 'fresh start' in the intelligence community. Turner's vocal support for Ukraine aid and differing views on foreign policy were seen as clashing with the incoming President Trump's vision for the intelligence community.
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday removed the GOP chairman of the powerful House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio, a vocal supporter of assistance for Ukraine and other views that put him at odds with President-elect Donald Trump . Johnson told reporters late Wednesday that Turner would no longer lead the committee, which oversees the nation's intelligence agencies and holds tremendous influence over law enforcement and foreign policy.
The committee became a hotbed of partisanship during Trump's first term as its powers were used to assist the then-president. Johnson last year also gave two Trump allies highly-sought spots on the panel. Johnson said he made the decision to remove Turner because the “intelligence community and everything related to (the committee) needs a fresh start.” The Republican speaker, who has aligned himself closely with Trump, said he would soon announce the new chair for the committee. Johnson went on to praise Turner and say he would play an important role in working with NATO. But Turner's stances on foreign policy had run afoul of the incoming president, who will take the White House next week with a vision of reshaping the federal government's intelligence and law enforcement capabilities. Trump has picked fierce loyalists to lead agencies with vast power for surveillance. Turner last year also pushed back on Trump's false claims that Haitian migrants in his Ohio district were eating pets
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