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House Speaker Johnson meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

By Melanie Zanona and Alayna Treene, CNN

(CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson met with former President Donald Trump Monday night at Mar-a-Lago, according to a GOP source familiar with the meeting.

Johnson was at Mar-a-Lago for a fundraiser for GOP Rep. GusĀ BilirakisĀ of Florida, according to two Trump advisers. Johnson and Trump met briefly, the advisers said, and Johnson was not there solely for a meeting with Trump.

The meeting at the former presidentā€™s Florida resort comes nearly a week after the newly minted speaker publicly endorsedĀ Trumpā€™s 2024 bid for the White House, becoming the highest-ranking Republican so far to do so. It was not immediately clear what the pair discussed during the meeting.

Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, is a longtime Trump ally and served on the former presidentā€™s impeachment team, though the role was largely ceremonial. He voted to sustain the objection to electoral votes on January 6, 2021.

Last week, Johnson, who said he has endorsed Trump ā€œwholeheartedly,ā€ told CNBC that he was ā€œone of the closest allies that President Trump had in Congressā€ and that the former president had ā€œa phenomenal first term.ā€

Trump remains the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, with a significant lead over his GOP rivals.

The congressman benefitted fromĀ Trumpā€™s supportĀ in his successful bid for speaker last month, after the former president had come out against the Republican conferenceā€™s brief speaker-nominee Tom Emmer,Ā callingĀ the Minnesota Republican a ā€œGlobalist RINOā€ and saying that voting for him ā€œwould be a tragic mistake.ā€

CNNā€™s Morgan RimmerĀ andĀ Jack Forrest contributed to this report.

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