Mike Johnson, a man of ‘modest means,’ takes point on trillions in federal government spending

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While the Trump family has spent time in a New York court answering questions about whether it inflated the value of its billions in real estate assets, the new House speaker, Louisiana Republican Rep. Mike Johnson, the man who is tasked with negotiating a must-pass government spending bill, reports no assets at all beyond his house.