The pro-Ukraine faction in the House GOP has taken several blows as the majority party reconfigures its committees and chairmanships for the new Congress. In the last Congress, Ukraine had GOP allies in three of the most relevant committees — Rep.
Arkansas Republican Rep. Rick Crawford succeeds Ohio GOP Rep. Michael R. Turner, whom the speaker removed a day earlier.
The speaker replaced a Republican who had criticized the president-elect and broken with him on key issues, and who had drawn the ire and suspicion of those close to the president-elect.
Another Arkansas congressman gets a powerful committee appointment, while another Trump-skeptic Republican gets the boot.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has selected Republican Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas to be the next chairman of the House Intelligence Committee after Rep. Mike Turner was ousted from the role Wednesday,
House Speaker Mike Johnson has appointed Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas as the new chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
In choosing Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) to chair the House Intelligence Committee, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has tapped a veteran conservative with “America First” leanings to steer one of the most powerful panels heading into the second Trump administration.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson appointed Rick Crawford to chair the House intelligence committee, replacing Mike Turner. This decision aligns with President-elect Donald Trump's allies, causing controversy.
Representatives Rick Crawford and Steve Womack of Arkansas have been appointed to lead the House Intelligence Committee and a key Appropriations subcommittee, respectively.
Trump’s influence has been apparent over the past week as the Republican Party, corporate America, and much of the international order have fallen into line behind him.
Speaker Mike Johnson has made the House Intelligence Committee far friendlier to the MAGA movement, and the adverse consequences are likely to linger.