Speaker Johnson Was Among Top Backers of Trump 2020 Election Challenges

He urged President Trump to exhaust all the legal remedies, though he acknowledged reversal of the election results would have been exceedingly difficult.

Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is sworn in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 25, 2023. Tom Brenner/AFP via Getty Images

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), the new Speaker of the House, was among the lawmakers most active in aiding President Donald Trump’s legal challenges of the 2020 election.

A constitutional law attorney, he led Republican Congress members to support an election challenge in the Supreme Court. He was also among those objecting to the counting of electoral votes from several states.