Speaker Mike Johnson has made the House Intelligence Committee far friendlier to the MAGA movement, and the adverse consequences are likely to linger.

The House Intelligence Committee is being given a makeover, with Republicans who have “more MAGA-friendly credentials” replacing some other GOP members. The committee was seen as one of the last bastions of old-school Republicanism in Congress before Trump ordered a reshuffle.

Speaker Mike Johnson is remaking the House Intelligence Committee in President-elect Donald Trump’s image, a shakeup with immense implications as the president-elect returns to power. The sea change on the panel is already triggering intense backlash from some Republicans on the committee and across the conference,