{"id":2516970,"date":"2025-12-03T10:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stefanik-says-johnson-agreed-to-include-amendment-on-fbi-accountability-in-ndaa-after-sparring\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:24:15","slug":"stefanik-says-johnson-agreed-to-include-amendment-on-fbi-accountability-in-ndaa-after-sparring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stefanik-says-johnson-agreed-to-include-amendment-on-fbi-accountability-in-ndaa-after-sparring\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefanik says Johnson agreed to include amendment on FBI accountability in NDAA after sparring"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fstefanik-says-johnson-agreed-to-include-amendment-on-fbi-accountability-in-ndaa-after-sparring%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=2516970&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>Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) announced a victory after a public dispute with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over the inclusion of an FBI accountability amendment in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Stefanik criticized Johnson and other Republicans for yielding to Democrats who opposed a provision requiring the FBI to notify Congress if it initiates counterintelligence investigations into presidential or federal candidates. Despite earlier denials from Johnson about the amendment,Stefanik confirmed through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> that following discussions with Johnson and former President trump,the provision will be included in the NDAA bill. She described the measure as crucial for transparency and preventing the FBI&#8217;s &#8220;illegal weaponization,&#8221; citing past controversies such as the Crossfire Hurricane inquiry and recent wiretapping scandals. Johnson suggested the amendment was delayed due to a lack of consensus among Judiciary committee leaders. Stefanik hailed the amendment as a legislative win against deep state abuses, while acknowledging more work remains. neither Johnson&#8217;s office nor the White House responded to requests for comment regarding Stefanik&#8217;s announcement.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Stefanik says Johnson agreed to include amendment on FBI accountability in NDAA after sparring<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2422099\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>After publicly sparring with House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) this week, Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elise-stefanik\/\">Elise Stefanik<\/a> (R-NY) claimed a win on the FBI accountability provision she has championed as part of the 2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/defense-authorization\/\">defense authorization<\/a> bill.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik criticized her Republican caucus members and Johnson for &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3903574\/stefanik-says-johnson-gop-getting-rolled-by-house-democrats\/\">getting rolled<\/a>&rdquo; by Democrats, who are seeking to block a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act that would require the FBI to alert Congress if it plans to investigate candidates running for president or federal office. After Johnson said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3903795\/mike-johnson-pushes-back-gop-uproar-ndaa-intelligence-amendment\/\">he did not know<\/a> what she was referring to, Stefanik accused him of lying.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3904282\/house-roundtable-christian-persecution-nigeria\/\">House committees hold roundtable on religious persecution in Nigeria after Trump request<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3904882\/mike-johnson-conservative-backlash-ncaa-sports-bill\/\">Mike Johnson stokes conservative backlash with NCAA-friendly sports bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3904412\/anna-paulina-luna-files-petition-force-vote-congressional-stock-trade-ban\/\">Anna Paulina Luna files petition to force a vote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-attacks-pelosi-for-failure-of-house-leadership-after-stock-act-fizzles\/\" title=\"Democrat .... Attacks Pelosi for &quot;Failure of House Leadership&quot; After STOCK Act Fizzles\">congressional stock trade ban<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>However, Stefanik gave an optimistic social media update early Wednesday morning, sharing what she called &ldquo;great news!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After a productive discussion I had last night with President Trump and Speaker Johnson, the provision requiring Congressional disclosure when the FBI opens counterintelligence investigations into presidential and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stefanik-blasts-johnson-gop-as-getting-rolled-by-house-democrats\/\" title=\"Stefanik blasts ..., GOP as \u2018getting rolled\u2019 by House Democrats\">federal candidates seeking office<\/a> will be included in the IAA\/NDAA bill on the floor,&rdquo; Stefanik <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EliseStefanik\/status\/1996184177335480682?s=20\">said<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>She has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EliseStefanik\/status\/1995596731543671069?s=20\">marketed<\/a> the provision as a transparency and accountability measure to deter &ldquo;illegal weaponization&rdquo; within the FBI. She ridiculed the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3358669\/trump-declassify-crossfire-hurricane-russia-fbi-investigation\/\">Crossfire Hurricane<\/a> operation, which was part of former FBI Director James Comey&rsquo;s Russia investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This language is even more essential in light of the continued weaponization of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stefanik-blasts-johnson-and-gop-as-getting-rolled-by-house-democrats\/\" title=\"Stefanik blasts ... and GOP as \u2018getting rolled\u2019 by House Democrats\">federal government evidenced<\/a> by the sweeping Arctic Frost wiretapping scandal and the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent illegal leaks<\/a> of Steve Witkoff&rsquo;s conversations with foreign counterparts,&rdquo; Stefanik added on X.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson explained on Tuesday that the provision was likely sidelined because the leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees had not agreed to include it, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/12\/02\/congress\/stefanik-accuses-johnson-lying-00672634\">according to<\/a> a <em>Politico<\/em> report.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3903795\/mike-johnson-pushes-back-gop-uproar-ndaa-intelligence-amendment\/\">STEFANIK INTENSIFIES ATTACK ON JOHNSON OVER NDAA AS HE SAYS IT&rsquo;S NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a significant legislative win delivered against the illegal weaponization of the deep state. And, of course, while this is an important step, there is so much more work to do,&rdquo; Stefanik wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Johnson&rsquo;s office nor the White House responded to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&lsquo;s requests for comment on the call with Stefanik.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefanik: Johnson agreed to add FBI accountability amendment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2516971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/stefanik-johnson-collage.jpg?1764756161&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[68136,4162,3973],"class_list":["post-2516970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fbi-accountability","tag-johnson","tag-stefanik"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/stefanik-johnson-collage.jpg?1764756161&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2516970"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2516974,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516970\/revisions\/2516974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2516971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2516970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2516970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}