Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyNewly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not have a bank account.At least, that’s what Johnson reports on years of personal financial disclosures, which date back to 2016 and reveal a financial life that, in the context of his role as a congressman and now speaker, appears extraordinarily precarious.Over the course of seven years, Johnson has never reported a checking or savings account in his name, nor in the name of
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesWhen George Santos’ congressional campaign came under federal investigation this year, no one wanted to be his treasurer—to the extent that one person took the unprecedented step of asking for a criminal investigation into how his name appeared on the forms in the first place.Now, the lawyer who filed that request has taken another unprecedented step by retracting those statements, claiming his own client gave him false information as part of what i
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