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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Was Rep. Mike Turner removed from the House Intelligence Committee to appease Trump?

House Speaker Mike Johnson removed Ohio Republican Mike Turner as chairman of the powerful House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) on Wednesday in response to a direct request from President-elect Donald Trump, according to a report.

Turner himself privately told colleagues that his ousting from the panel, which oversees the FBI and CIA, came at the insistence of the incoming commander-in-chief, according to The Daily Beast, citing a senior GOP lawmaker.

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