Mike Johnson willing to subpoena Obama to face Congress grilling over Trump-Russia scheme

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House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday he would not hesitate to bring former President Barack Obama before a congressional committee to testify on the 2016 Trump-Russia investigation by his administration.

Johnson (R-La.) called recent revelations by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard “deeply problematic” and suggested that Obama’s status as a former president wouldn’t shield him from receiving a subpoena, should lawmakers deem it necessary.

“We have no concern about that. If it’s uncomfortable for him, he shouldn’t have been involved in overseeing this, which is what it appears to us has happened,” Johnson told Christian Broadcasting Network commentator David Brody.

Presidential testimony before Congress is rarely sought and requests are often challenged due to separation-of-powers concerns. The two most recent former presidents to appear before Congress were Harry Truman in 1955 and Gerald Ford in 1983.

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