Screenshot/Harry Talbot X At one time House Speaker Mike Johnson wanted to add a warrant requirement to the controversial spying program, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This is the same law used against President Trump in the Russiagate hoax. But now Speaker Johnson has flip-flopped. So what changed Johnson’s mind? Just one meeting with the deep state. That’s all it took. Watch: Speaker Mike Johnson elaborates on his FISA flip flop from when he was a rank and file member of the House, explaining that after receiving classified briefings he has a “different perspective.” pic.twitter.com/mrLj9ouEji — Haley Talbot (@haleytalbotcnn) April 10, 2024…
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Screenshot: Fox Business House Speaker Mike Johnson, a one-time hardline critic of a controversial surveillance law meant to target terrorists but which often surveils Americans’ communications without a warrant is evolving on the matter. Johnson (R-LA) is actively opposing a new warrant requirement for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). As reported by The Political Insider, just one meeting with intelligence agents caused the Speaker to do a complete 180 on the matter. “When I was a member of Judiciary, I saw all of the abuses of the FBI — there were terrible abuses, over and over…
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