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agip wrote:

the speaker and justice thomas have a similar disregard for required reporting.

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What’s Up With Mike Johnson’s Very Shady-Seeming Financial Disclosures?
The new House leader lists no bank accounts, including checking or savings, on financial disclosure forms going back to 2016.

VF:
BY BESS LEVIN
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Whats Up With Mike Johnsons Very ShadySeeming Financial Disclosures

In the week since Mike Johnson was elected Speaker of the House, we’ve learned a tremendous amount about the Louisiana Republican, and virtually none of it has been good. For instance, the man the GOP just elevated to one of the most powerful jobs in the federal government tried to help Donald Trump steal a second term, is virulently antiabortion, thinks America doesn’t have a gun problem, very possibly does not believe in evolution, definitely doesn’t believe in separation of church and state, has claimed homosexuality is “sinful” and “destructive,” and is married to someone who founded a company that equates being gay with bestiality and incest. And now, for something totally different, we’ve learned the new House Speaker…doesn’t have any bank accounts listed on his financial disclosure forms.

The Daily Beast reports that in financial disclosures dating back to 2016, the year he joined Congress, Johnson never reported having a savings or checking account in his name, his spouse’s name, or in the name of any of his children. In his latest filing, which covers last year, he doesn’t list a single asset either. Which, given that he made more than $200,000 last year—in addition to his wife’s salary—is more than a little odd.

Just Another Hobby Jogger wrote:

agip wrote:

the speaker and justice thomas have a similar disregard for required reporting.

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What’s Up With Mike Johnson’s Very Shady-Seeming Financial Disclosures?
The new House leader lists no bank accounts, including checking or savings, on financial disclosure forms going back to 2016.

VF:
BY BESS LEVIN
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Whats Up With Mike Johnsons Very ShadySeeming Financial Disclosures

In the week since Mike Johnson was elected Speaker of the House, we’ve learned a tremendous amount about the Louisiana Republican, and virtually none of it has been good. For instance, the man the GOP just elevated to one of the most powerful jobs in the federal government tried to help Donald Trump steal a second term, is virulently antiabortion, thinks America doesn’t have a gun problem, very possibly does not believe in evolution, definitely doesn’t believe in separation of church and state, has claimed homosexuality is “sinful” and “destructive,” and is married to someone who founded a company that equates being gay with bestiality and incest. And now, for something totally different, we’ve learned the new House Speaker…doesn’t have any bank accounts listed on his financial disclosure forms.

The Daily Beast reports that in financial disclosures dating back to 2016, the year he joined Congress, Johnson never reported having a savings or checking account in his name, his spouse’s name, or in the name of any of his children. In his latest filing, which covers last year, he doesn’t list a single asset either. Which, given that he made more than $200,000 last year—in addition to his wife’s salary—is more than a little odd.

If he does not have a checking account, how does he get paid by the Congress? Does he receive a "paycheck" in paper, and cashes it out at a local bank on every pay day?

strh wrote:

Ghost of Disco Gary wrote:

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Why wait? Impeach Sleepy Joe now.

Very few members of Congress are actual idiots, and Mike Johnson demonstrated this truth again when he was asked whether the House will impeach JRB. He said the usual weasel-word thing ("We'll go where the evidence leads," etc.) without actually committing to an impeachment--because, so far, the evidence doesn't lead to anything approaching a high crime or misdemeanor.

But he said it in such a way that the typical double-digit IQer could reasonably infer that, "Oh boy, Biden's gonna get it!" The faithful never understood why DJT was being impeached, either time, and never wanted to, so they see the prospect of a Biden impeachment as simply tit-for-tat. And of course that plays into the GOP's efforts at both-sidesism, which is especially important to them now when President Trump is facing so much litigation.

But, again: With very rare exceptions the GOPers in Congress are not actual idiots. They're aware of how Bill Clinton's popularity rebounded after the Republicans impeached him and he was easily acquitted; unless they've got President Biden dead to rights on something, I doubt that they'll actually follow through with an organized impeachment effort. The contrast between an easy Biden acquittal and multiple Trump convictions would not help their cause.