It can't be easy being the speaker of the House during President Donald Trump's second term. Conservative Mike Johnson from Louisiana has the difficult task of upholding the president's ego and keeping things running. This has often collided with being confronted by the press when his boss does something untoward. Case in point, when Trump pardoned shady crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao in November 2025, he claimed, "I don't know who he is," per the BBC . Johnson took a similar approach when confronted by a reporter on the matter. In a video posted to X , formerly Twitter, he can be seen stating, "I don't know anything about that. I didn't see the interview." A refrain Johnson is apparently fond of repeating.
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