Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned with now-disgraced reality TV star Josh Duggar years ago in Louisiana.
Johnson called Duggar, now in prison for child pornography, a "friend" when the two campaigned for now-U.S.
According to the Washington Post, "Perkins goes way back with the Duggar family."
According to the Washington Post, Perkins was close to Duggar's father Jim Bob Duggar , who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003.
Calls and emails to Perkins and Duggar family lawyers were not immediately returned.
Persons:
Mike Johnson, Josh Duggar, Johnson, Tony Perkins, Bill Cassidy, —, Duggar, Perkins, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, Sen, Santorum, Raj Shah, Shah, Josh, Duggar's, Jim Bob Duggar, InTouch, Jim Bob, Paul, Pressler's, Pressler, Wesley Goodman, Perkins acolyte, Goodman, Donald Trump, Paul Pressler
Organizations:
Family Research, Service, Louisiana Republican, Business, Washington Post, GOP, Pennsylvania Republican, Washington , D.C, FRC, InTouch, Paul Pressler School of Law, Louisiana College, Pressler, Southern Baptist Convention, Council for National Policy, The Washington Spectator
Locations:
Louisiana, U.S, Washington ,, Shreveport, Arkansas, Ohio