Conservative political scientist slams Mike Johnson: 'Open obstruction of justice'
In a scathing video tweeted on Tuesday, December 5, the group Courage for America slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) for blurring images from the January 6, 2021 insurrection. And the video is being applauded by Norman Ornstein, an American Enterprise Institute conservative.
The video shows Johnson defending House Republicans' use of blurred January 6 images, saying, "We're going through a methodical process of releasing them as quickly as we can. As you know, we have to blur the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don't want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ."
Tweeting the video, Ornstein wrote, "Not too many Speakers of the House have engaged an open obstruction of justice. Here is one."
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Courage for America, which blurred the image of Johnson speaking, humorously asked, "Can you let us know if we did this right, @SpeakerJohnson?" And the group urged views to "call Speaker Johnson" and "tell him to protect our democracy, not MAGA insurrectionists."
Attorney Kim Cullen slammed Johnson on X, formerly Twitter, and posted, "I thought Conservatives valued accountability?
Pundit Maurice Hawkins Jr. humorously tweeted, "I'll take obstruction of justice for $200!!!
Retired teacher and Democratic activist David Gruberg said of Johnson, " Because we don't want them to be retaliated against? We don't want them to be charged? What type of speaker does this?"
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Author David Glasner slammed Johnson as an "accessory after the fact."
Democratic activist Karen Meggs tweeted, " This is the worst miscarriage of Justice In America
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