House Speaker Mike Johnson and Trump to meet at Mar-a-Lago Monday

House Speaker Mike Johnson is visiting former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida Monday, as the 2 leaders of the Republican social gathering plot their path to successful in November. 

It’s been two months since Johnson final traveled to Mar-a-Lago, and he made the journey as was going through a menace to his speakership from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Trump made it clear then and later that he backed Johnson, and Greene’s attempt to oust Johnson was in the end killed. Johnson returned the favor final month, appearing in Manhattan criminal court to assist the now-convicted Trump throughout his trial. 

“President Trump and I have constant dialogue about the plans for the election cycle and then the emerging plans about what we’ll do after we win the election cycle,” Johnson stated Friday of his Monday assembly with Trump. “And I think we will, I think he’ll be the next president. And I think we’ll have a bigger majority in the House and a Republican majority in the Senate.” 

Johnson stated Republicans are “planning accordingly” for that victory, “not to put the cart before the horse but to think very strategically about how we’ll use that time effectively.” The House speaker additionally informed reporters he and Trump would focus on which GOP candidates to endorse.

House Republicans have a razor-thin majority within the House, and Democrats maintain the bulk within the Senate. 

But Trump could already having an impression on the composition of the House and its committees. Johnson just lately appointed two controversial Trump allies, Rep. Scott Perry and Ronny Jackson, to the House Intelligence Committee, arguably probably the most delicate House panel. 

Late final yr, a federal judge ordered Perry’s text and email communications to be turned over to federal investigators final yr as a part of the special counsel’s 2020 election probe into former President Donald Trump and his allies.

Jackson was demoted by the Navy in 2022 after a Pentagon watchdog investigation into his time as White House doctor substantiated allegations of inappropriate conduct — a improvement that was not publicly recognized at the time.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner informed CBS News “Face the Nation” Sunday that he expects Johnson to intervene if there’s any “improper” conduct.”He’s going to continue to monitor the situation,” Turner stated, including that “if there’s any indication of anything improper happening,” he expects that “the speaker will assert leadership here.”

Trump visited House and Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill final week to focus on their 2024 agenda and air grievances in what GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz described as a “pep rally.” It was the previous president’s first journey to Capitol Hill since his supporters assaulted the Capitol greater than three years in the past. 

Rep. Elise Stefanik, who chairs the House Republican Conference, known as the assembly a “very successful” political gathering.

“We are 100% unified behind his candidacy and are ready to get to work on behalf of the American people,” Stefanik informed reporters, calling Trump’s look a “unifying event.” 

Recent CBS News polling shows Trump and President Biden are neck-and-neck nationally. 

Jaala Brown contributed to this report.