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Speaker Says House GOP Weighing Defunding Special Counsel Jack Smith

The move is Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s top demand for the speaker to end her ouster threat.
Speaker Says House GOP Weighing Defunding Special Counsel Jack Smith
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 7, 2024. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
Samantha Flom
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House Republicans are “looking very intently” at defunding the office of special counsel Jack Smith, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on May 7.

At a House Republican leadership press conference, the speaker was asked whether that option was being considered given his opposition to Mr. Smith’s prosecution of former President Donald Trump.

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