Mike Johnson denies that Mike Turner replacement was ordered by Trump

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended his removal of Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) as House Intelligence Committee Chair as his own decision, not one ordered by President-elect Donald Trump.

Turner had served on the committee since 2015. As he was the most senior member following the 2022 elections, he served as chair since 2023. Johnson opted to replace him with the next most senior member, Rep. Rick Crawford (R-LA), near the start of the current Congress where Republicans hold a slim majority with 220 seats in the House.