Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), who attended the visit with Zelenskyy and faces a competitive reelection this fall, said in a post on social network X on Wednesday that: “Attempts to smear [Zelenskyy’s] visit to our Commonwealth are an insult and a disgrace.”
The letter from Johnson marks the latest political fallout from Sunday’s visit, which sparked GOP anger across the Capitol.
House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) launched his own investigation into the visit earlier Wednesday, while two senior Senate Republicans urged Zelenskyy to stay out of U.S. domestic politics.
Zelenskyy is due to be on Capitol Hill for meetings on Thursday, including with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, among others. There is currently no planned meeting with Johnson.
Veronika Melkozerova contributed to this report.