“I began asking the President for a meeting… However, they refused to allow me to meet with him,” Johnson said. “His employees were always making excuses.
For around eight or nine weeks, this continued. In January 2024, after publicly denouncing the lack of contact, Johnson received an invitation to the White House.
But the encounter was a setup, he said. When I arrive, I discover it’s really an ambush. “It’s not just the President and me; it’s Hakeem [Jeffries],
The CIA director, Kamala Harris, and Chuck Schumer,” Johnson recalled. “They intended to question the Speaker about funding for Ukraine.”
When Biden left the Oval Office, leaving Johnson and himself alone, the encounter took an unexpected turn.
