House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks with reporters.

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Top Johnson aide pleads not guilty to DUI charge
Hayden Haynes is accused of striking a vehicle on the Capitol telegram data campus while driving drunk.

By Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein

04/03/2025, 11:01am ET

Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he drove under the influence and operated a vehicle while impaired on the night of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress.