Speaker Mike Johnson happily reeled off not one but two major conspiracy theories as he defended Donald Trump’s targeting of his political enemies.

Kevin McCarthy’s replacement spoke with host Jake Tapper on State of the Union Sunday and debated the president’s public call outs for enemies to be indicted.

Johnson was quick to turn to two popular MAGA theories as arguments against Trump’s actions counting as a weaponization of the Department of Justice. The speaker countered these overreach allegations by claiming both that a former FBI director had called for Trump’s murder, and that the agency might be to blame for the Jan. 6 riots.

CNN host Tapper first opened up discussion about the indictment of former FBI director James Comey, who could face up to five years in prison if convicted

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