{"id":2357,"date":"2026-06-27T16:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2026-06-27T16:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:36:13","slug":"accountability-is-coming-and-speaker-johnson-is-petrified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2357","title":{"rendered":"Accountability is coming \u2014 and Speaker Johnson is petrified"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former Republican Steve Schmidt says House Speaker Mike Johnson is not so clueless that he can\u2019t see the future, and that future involves a Democratic majority in the House, and lots of scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2355\">Fox News turns on defense secretary as Trump biographer warns of plot for 2028 \u2018auto-coup\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike Johnson seems like he needs to be reminded about an important reality,\u201d said Schmidt on his \u201cWarning\u201d substack. \u201cMost people drown because they panic, not because they can\u2019t swim. Mike Johnson is panicking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s overly frank claims about a future without a Republican majority in the House were quite the admission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we were to lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats\u2026 impeachment\u2019s not even the big concern,\u201d Johnson said before a live audience. \u201cThey will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they\u2019ll go after the president\u2019s family, the cabinet, his donors and friends \u2026 half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. I\u2019ll take care of you. We\u2019re going to win the midterms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was \u201can astonishing statement,\u201d said Schmidt, comparing it to dialogue written for Burgess Meredith playing the Penguin in the old \u2018Batman\u2019 TV series: \u201cI run the protection program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike Johnson isn\u2019t panicked because he believes innocent people will be persecuted,\u201d said Schmidt. \u201cHe\u2019s panicked because he understands that accountability may finally be coming to Washington. He knows there will be subpoenas. He knows there will be hearings. He knows there will be oversight. He knows investigators will begin asking questions that should have been asked years ago \u2014 and he knows the answers may be devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2353\">Panicking MAGA already begging courts to save them as Democratic victories mount<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnson isn\u2019t afraid of unfair investigations, Schmid added. He\u2019s afraid of fair ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s afraid of evidence. He\u2019s afraid of witnesses. He\u2019s afraid of documents. He\u2019s afraid that Americans will finally see the greatest spasm of political corruption in our nation\u2019s history in all of its staggering breadth,\u201d Schmidt said.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump did not commit corruption in a vacuum, he explained. He did it with the help of a MAGA Congress \u2014 the worst Congress in American history. House Republicans abandoned their constitutional responsibilities while Trump likely engaged in cryptocurrency schemes and sold presidential pardons. They also stood by while Trump politicized the DOJ and other state agencies for the benefit of party over country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey protected power instead of checking it. They chose personal loyalty over constitutional duty. They became accomplices through silence, indifference, and submission,\u201d said Schmidt, adding that the American people deserve scrutiny of every corrupt act, investigation of every abuse of public office, and accountability for every official who violated the public trust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery investigation should follow the evidence. Every criminal referral should be based on facts. Every prosecution should meet the highest standards of fairness and constitutional due process. That\u2019s what separates the rule of law from authoritarianism,\u201d said Schmidt. \u201cMike Johnson understands this perfectly. That\u2019s why he sounds panicked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2351\">Exasperated South Carolina Republican mayor begs Trump to release housing bill<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Republican Steve Schmidt says House Speaker Mike Johnson is not so clueless that he can\u2019t see the future, and that future involves a Democratic majority in the House, and lots of scrutiny.\u201cMike Johnson seems like he needs to be reminded about an important reality,\u201d said Schmidt on his \u201cWarnin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Accountability is coming \u2014 and Speaker Johnson is petrified - 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