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Mike Johnson is the latest Republican to lend public support to presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, who is standing trial for trying to hide an extramarital affair with a porn star.
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New York is the place to be: Johnson and vice presidential hopefuls Byron Donalds, Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy became the latest Republicans to join Trump at court Image: Curtis Means/dpa/picture allianceSpeaker of the House Mike Johnson traveled to New York on Tuesday to attend the trial of ex-President Donald Trump.
Johnson is the third most powerful politician in the US government and the highest-ranking Republican to show up in support of Trump.
The former president is on trial for attempting to cover up a potentially damning political scandal by paying "hush money" to Stephanie Clifford, an adult film star better know by her screen name Stormy Daniels, then falsifying business records to hide the payment.
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