Years before becoming House speaker, Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana played a leading role aiding Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. That history will be on display Friday, with Johnson set to deliver remarks alongside the former president about “election integrity” – a phrase Trump often uses to describe the lie that the 2020 election was rigged and unfounded concerns about future mass voter fraud. Johnson carved out an influential role after the 2020 election, helping Trump’s attempts to subvert the will of the people and overturn the legitimate results. He later recruited a majority of House Republicans to endorse a Trump-backed lawsuit seeking to invalidate the results from four key states that Trump lost: Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin. (In truth, as the Supreme Court later affirmed, judges have the power to review state election laws.)

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Persons: Mike Johnson, Donald Trump’s, Johnson, ”, Trump, Trump’s, Joe Biden’s, ” Johnson, Hugo Chávez’s, Smartmatic, would’ve, Biden, – Johnson Organizations: Republican, Trump, Voting Systems, Biden, Dominion, Fox News, House Republicans, Republicans, Democratic Locations: Louisiana, Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona