Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, told CBS News that he was removed from his position as head of the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday due to “concerns from Mar-a-Lago,” a statement that the speaker of the house denies.

On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., removed Turner from the House Intelligence Committee, a role that holds massive influence over law enforcement and foreign policy. Johnson pushed back against Turner’s claims that the decision came directly from President-elect Donald Trump.

“This is a House decision,” he said. “This is no slight whatever to our outgoing chairman.” Johnson said he was “a Mike Turner fan,” and “he did a great job” leading the committee that oversees the intelligence community but added that the panel “needs a fresh start.”

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