The new House leader lists no bank accounts, including checking or savings, on financial disclosure forms going back to 2016.
In the week since Mike Johnson was elected Speaker of the House, weāve 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 doesnāt have a gun problem, very possibly does not believe in evolution, definitely doesnāt believe in separation of church and state, has claimed homosexuality is āsinfulā and ādestructive,ā and is married to someone who founded a company that equates being gay with bestiality and incest. And now, for something totally different, weāve learned the new House Speakerā¦doesnāt 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 spouseās name, or in the name of any of his children. In his latest filing, which covers last year, he doesnāt list a single asset either. Which, given that he made more than $200,000 last yearāin addition to his wifeās salaryāis more than a little odd.
āChecks and balancesā are an illusion.
Keeping sending the checks to inflate their balances.