House Speaker Mike Johnson Defends Support for 2020 Election Lawsuit

Johnson denies being an 'election denier,' argues election laws violated the Constitution.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended his support for a lawsuit that sought to overturn the 2020 election results, arguing that many states changed their election laws in ways that violated the Constitution.
In an interview with CBS' Margaret Brennan, Johnson was labeled an 'election denier' for supporting the lawsuit, a claim he vehemently denied.
Johnson confirmed that he recognizes President Biden as the winner of the 2020 election, but maintained that the election violated the law.
Brennan was criticized for not having read the brief that Johnson and his colleagues filed with the Supreme Court, relying instead on criticisms of the brief.
The lawsuit, known as the Texas amicus brief, was eventually dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court for lack of standing.