U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has become the highest-level Republican to attend Donald Trump’s hush money trial, a signal of the former president’s grip on the GOP as the country heads toward the November election.

Speaker Mike Johnson lends support to Trump outside hush money trial

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has become the highest-level Republican to attend Donald Trump’s hush money trial, a signal of the former president’s grip on the GOP as the country heads toward the November election.