Ken Block Shreds Speaker Johnson: ‘He Should Know Better’ [Video]

A software engineer hired by President Donald Trump to investigate voter fraud criticized Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for hyping claims about a rigged election.

On Friday, Trump and Johnson held a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, where the speaker traveled to earn the former president’s stamp of approval as he tried to fend off a challenge to his speakership. Johnson said the House will take up legislation on “election integrity,” which is a central issue for Trump ever since he first baselessly claimed the 2020 election was stolen from him.

“I’m going to announce to you today here, standing alongside President Trump, that we will do everything within our power to ensure that we do have free and fair elections in this country,” the speaker said. “If we don’t have that in a constitutional republic, we have nothing.”

Appearing on CNN’s OutFront a few hours later, Ken Blockaddressed Johnson’s comments. Block was hired by Trump to investigate claims of voter fraud in the 2020 …