MAGA-aligned U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who is running in the 2026 New York gubernatorial election with the endorsement of President Donald Trump, very publicly complained about House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on social media on Monday.
The New York Congresswoman wrote: “Republicans have the House, Senate, and the White House, yet the deep state is alive and well with the Speaker getting rolled by House Dems attempting to block my provision to require Congressional disclosure when the FBI opens counterintelligence investigations into presidential and federal candidates seeking office.”
Republicans have the House, Senate, and the White House, yet the deep state is alive and well with the Speaker getting rolled by House Dems attempting to block my provision to require Congressional disclosure when the FBI opens counterintelligence investigations into…
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) December 1, 2025
Stefanik cited her 2017 questioning of former FBI Director James Comey, which she asserts “began the unraveling of the Russia Hoax,” and claimed Comey did not follow proper notification procedures “with his illegal opening of Crossfire Hurricane.” Stefanik called it a “criminal act that can never happen again.”
[Note: Crossfire Hurricane was the code name for the FBI investigation into links between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia meant to uncover “whether individuals associated with Trump’s presidential campaign were coordinating, wittingly or unwittingly, with the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.”]
Stefanik added: “House Republicans continue to get rolled by the deep state due to opposition by Jamie Raskin. If Republicans can’t deliver accountability and legislative fixes to arguably the biggest illegal corruption and government weaponization issue of all time, then what are we even doing. This language is even more essential in light of the continued weaponization of the federal government evidenced by the sweeping Arctic Frost wiretapping scandal and the recent illegal leaks of Steve Witkoff’s conversations with foreign counterparts.”
Note: U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, has denounced the recent indictment of Comey as politically motivated and vindictive.
Stefanik added: “I have always voted in support of the defense and intelligence authorization bills, but no more. It is a scandalous disgrace that Republicans are allowing themselves to be rolled by the Dems and deep state on this.”
Today, Stefanik followed up on her post and reported: “I just walked out of a briefing on this issue this morning CONFIRMING everything I posted yesterday. That yes, in fact, the Speaker is blocking my provision to root out the illegal weaponization that led to Crossfire Hurricane, Arctic Frost, and more. He is siding with Jamie Raskin against Trump Republicans to block this provision to protect the deep state. This is an easy one. This bill is DOA unless this provision gets added in as it was passed out of committee.”