Mike Johnson House to vote on new Republican nominee for Speaker

The US House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a fourth Speaker nominee, a day after the last candidate withdrew as Donald Trump assailed him.

In voting earlier on Tuesday he came in second place to Mr Emmer, before the Minnesota representative withdrew after former President Trump derided him on social media as a "Globalist".

According to Politico, Mr Trump called one person minutes before Mr Emmer dropped out of the race and said: "He's done. It's over. I killed him."

But as he arrived at a New York court for his civil fraud trial on Wednesday morning, Mr Trump talked up Mr Johnson's prospects, saying "it looks like it's going to happen".

The party holds a narrow majority over Democrats in the lower chamber of Congress, so their nominee can only afford to lose a handful of votes from their own side to win.

Dusty Johnson, a moderate Republican from South Dakota, told reporters: "It's a little hard to imagine how anyone can get elected at this point."

Mr Johnson is a lawyer and former talk radio host who has served on the House since 2016. He is also the former chairman of the Republican Study Committee and is considered a close ally of Mr Jordan.

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