{"id":2257964,"date":"2024-06-02T14:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T18:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-smoking-out-political-retribution-by-prosecutors-in-trump-cases-speaker-johnson-says\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T14:34:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T18:34:53","slug":"house-gop-smoking-out-political-retribution-by-prosecutors-in-trump-cases-speaker-johnson-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-smoking-out-political-retribution-by-prosecutors-in-trump-cases-speaker-johnson-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson accuses House GOP of uncovering &#8220;political retribution&#8221; in Trump cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-gop-smoking-out-political-retribution-by-prosecutors-in-trump-cases-speaker-johnson-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2257964&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Republicans, spearheaded by Speaker Mike \u200cJohnson, are investigating accusations of\u200c prosecutors targeting Donald Trump out of\u200d &#8220;political retribution.&#8221; Johnson vows a robust response within legal boundaries.\u200d The inquiry focuses on alleged misuse\u2062 of legal power to pursue political\u200b opponents. Recent guilty verdicts against Trump have\u2062 intensified\u2063 the GOP&#8217;s scrutiny into potential justice system abuse.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Republicans<\/a> are engaging in an investigation into whether prosecutors leading cases against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> are using \u201cpolitical retribution in the court system to go after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-manages-to-trigger-leftists-by-doing-something-millions-of-americans-do-every-year\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Manages To Trigger Leftists by Doing Something Millions of Americans Do Every Year\">political opponents<\/a>,\u201d Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson told \u201cFox News Sunday\u201d anchor Shannon Bream the GOP will \u201cfight back\u201d with \u201ceverything in our arsenal\u201d after Trump was convicted on all counts in a New York hush money trial last week, though he stressed \u201cthe confines of the rule of law\u201d will be their guide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ll do with our tools that we have in Congress, in the House, is we\u2019ll use our oversight responsibility,\u201d Johnson explained. \u201cWe\u2019ve already done that,\u201d he added before referring to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and one of his prosecutors being <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1796563134943010934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invited<\/a> to testify before the Weaponization of the Federal Government <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/subcommittees\/committee-judiciary-118th-congress\/select-subcommittee-weaponization-federal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">panel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a>\u2069 says House Republicans will lead investigation into corrupt state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue \"Substantial Allegations\" of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">federal prosecutors<\/a> who are weaponizing the justice system to attack political opponents <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/utvtnOCHiC\">pic.twitter.com\/utvtnOCHiC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1797272926372192645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd the purpose of the hearing is to investigate what these prosecutors are doing at the state and federal level to use politics, you know, political retribution in the court system to go after political opponents, federal officials like Donald Trump. That\u2019s a really important thing for us to delve into,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, a jury returned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guilty verdict<\/a> against Trump on all 34 felony counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a> to allegedly cover up payments in a bid to conceal a tryst with adult film star Stormy Daniels as part of a \u201ccatch-and-kill\u201d scheme to influence the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who denied the affair and pleaded not guilty to the charges, said he would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/white-house-race-plunges-into-uncharted-territory-trump-awaits-july-sentencing-2024-05-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cappealing this scam.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three other criminal matters on the state and federal levels hang over Trump as he seeks re-election this year, potentially setting up a 2020 rematch against President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said House Republicans will also scrutinize Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by the Biden administration\u2019s Department of Justice to spearhead a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-reject-trump-request-in-fbi-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Reject Trump Request in FBI Classified Documents Case\">classified documents case<\/a> and a 2020 election case against Trump in Florida and Washington, D.C., respectively.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The speaker did not explicitly mention Georgia\u2019s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is leading a separate 2020 case against Trump, though House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has been seeking documents from her and even threatened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fani-willis-responds-to-jordans-demand-for-docs-after-contempt-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contempt of Congress<\/a> if she does not comply with a subpoena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019re going to look at special counsel Jack Smith, who we believe is abusing his authority as well,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe have the funding streams. We have mechanisms to try to get control of that. We\u2019ll be doing that within the confines of our jurisdiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speaker continued, \u201cAnd I think that can have the desired effect and show the American people we\u2019re not going to tolerate this. Shannon, at the end of the day, people are losing their faith in our system of justice itself, and that\u2019s a serious threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-raises-staggering-sum-of-cash-in-24-hours-since-verdict\">Trump Raises Staggering Sum Of Cash In 24 Hours Since Verdict<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House GOP, led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), scrutinizes prosecutors for alleged &#8220;political retribution&#8221; targeting Donald Trump. Johnson vows a robust response, pledging to combat the perceived bias with all resources available. 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