I have to say it’s pretty funny that given how the NDAA is being negotiated via a 4 corners process (meaning between the House and Senate Armed Services Committees) that Stefanik thinks Johnson would step into the middle of negotiations since that isn’t how it works at all…
She said she
would help tank the National Defense Authorization Act if it doesn’t incorporate her provision that would require the FBI to notify Congress when it opens investigations into candidates running for federal office.
Stefanik’s proposal, which would require the public disclosure of all “FBI counterintelligence investigations into presidential and federal candidates seeking office,” is designed to combat what many Republicans consider politically motivated investigations related to Russian interference in the 2016 election and former special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into President Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the election in 2020.
As someone who has been long part of House Republican Leadership her wild misrepresentations of how this works is insane. For his part Speaker Johnson has tried to clear things up and even has come out and said
“I don’t exactly know why Elise just won’t call me,” he said, recalling that he told his colleague over text, “What are you talking about? This hasn’t even made it to my level.”
If he was lying then when he broke down the issue and highlighted where there likely wasn’t a compromise leading to the amendment being dropped Democrats would have jumped on it to sow discord. Instead
A spokesperson for Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary panel, deferred to Johnson’s explanation. AKA that’s what happened.