Does New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Have a Bank Account?
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Does New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Have a Bank Account?
Speaker Mike Johnson has never listed a bank account on his financial disclosure. In fact, on his newest disclosure he doesn’t list a single asset at all.
Roger Sollenberger
Senior Political Reporter
Published Nov. 01, 2023 4:50AM EDT
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Over the course of seven years, Johnson has never reported a checking or savings account in his name, nor in the name of his wife or any of his children, disclosures show. In fact, he doesn’t appear to have money stashed in any investments, with his latest filing—covering 2022—showing no assets whatsoever.
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House Ethics Committee filing guidelines state that members must disclose bank accounts they have at every financial institution, as long as the account holds at least $1,000 and the combined value of all accounts—including those belonging to their spouse and dependent children—exceeds $5,000.
The rules cover all “interest-bearing, cash-deposit accounts at banks, credit unions, and savings and loan associations,” including checking, savings, and money market accounts, along with certificates of deposit and individual retirement funds, or IRAs. (Johnson reported receiving a $10,485.53 distribution from a New York Life IRA in 2017, his first year in office, possibly from a retirement account he had listed the previous year.)
It’s certainly not uncommon for Americans to have less than $5,000 in their bank account. Most Americans—57 percent—couldn’t handle an unexpected $1,000 expense, according to a report earlier this year. And the median amount that Americans keep in their bank account is $5,300. But Johnson’s household income puts him in the top 12 percent of earners in the United States. And it’s extraordinarily rare for members of Congress to not list a qualifying bank account—let alone zero assets whatsoever.
The Daily Beast reached out to Johnson’s office for comment but did not receive a reply.
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I heard Margaret Atwood speak a few years ago (during the you-know-who administration). I forget the exact question that was asked but it was something about how she views The Handmaid's Tale through the lens of current US politics. Her response, however, was unforgettable...
"In today's world, I find great comfort that my book is still filed in the Fiction section. But it worries me that could change so easily."
She's been very vocal about where all this could go. Unfortunately, as you said re: abortion...those of us who point out the logical endpoint of their insanity are labeled as Cassandras because "no rationale person would go that far". That may be true but we're not dealing with rational people.
More restrictions on regular and poor folks' healthcare, but rich, greedy assholes get away with shit like this.
It's like God blesses the wealthy and ordains the poweful...
The cheaters think they can fumble their way into power without scrutiny. He just undid himself, he won't last as speaker for very long. I watched a video of a Tarot card reader inquiring about his career as speaker... the reading indicated that he would not last long and that there would be much ado about some major lie in his past, any part of it, that would be his undoing. This could be it.
Who doesn't want to see pictures?
Very interesting.
I never agreed to direct deposit until I had to for my federal positions. If you have a job that's paid by the treasury, you pretty much have to have a bank account with, at least, a savings account to receive the payments.
Good catch. 
There's something really fishy here. Bet there's a big lie in there somewhere!
It's all in stacks of bills of various denominations. He doles it out in envelopes. 
They want to continue cheating on their taxes,
forcing honest Americans to make up the difference $$$
