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House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet with Donald Trump on Friday to discuss "election integrity," amplifying Trump's false stolen election claims. Trump's false narrative that the 2020 election was corrupt has taken over the GOP and become central to his 2024 campaign. Johnson promoted Trump's conspiracy theories by seeking signatures for a lawsuit to overturn 2020's results. The claims of widespread non-citizen voting in 2016 being pushed by Trump and Johnson are not backed by evidence. Johnson faces challenges to his Speakership from Trump allies like Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet with Donald Trump on Friday to discuss election integrity,
00:07amplifying Trump's false stolen election claims. Trump's false narrative that the 2020 election
00:12was corrupt has taken over the GOP and become central to his 2024 campaign. Johnson promoted
00:17Trump's conspiracy theories by seeking signatures for a lawsuit to overturn 2020's results.
00:22The claims of widespread non-citizen voting in 2016 being pushed by Trump and Johnson
00:27are not backed by evidence. Johnson faces challenges to his speakership from Trump
00:32allies like Marjorie Taylor Greene. The meeting echoes Kevin McCarthy's perilous visit to seek
00:37Trump's favor before his removal as Speaker. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.

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