Lack of? Two controversial Republicans are named to House Intelligence committee angering Capitol Hill

A former White House doctor accused of sexually harassing women and a lawmaker accused of plotting an attempt to overthrow millions of Americans’ votes are the newest members of a key congressional committee that oversees national intelligence information.

Now, Democratic and Republican lawmakers are bracing for the worst after House Speaker Mike Johnson tapped two hard-right GOP members for the influential House Intelligence Committee.

The appointments of Reps. Scott Perry and Ronny Jackson – both allies of Donald Trump who face their own legal andethics probes – have roiled members of both parties and reportedly surprised both the committee’s top Democrat as well as the committee’s Republican chair.

GOP lawmakers spoke out anonymously and candidly over the last several days, warning that their scandals and alleged corruption threaten to derail key work of the committee while hanging by a thread to preserve their party majority.

“Just do not teach the lesson that the only way for us to be effective here is threatening, because I’ll take the lesson and I’ll do it,” Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw told Politico.

“This is not a place to play games,” another GOP lawmaker told The Washington Post. “This is not a place to appease somebody. This is where you got to do the real work.”

Democratic Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, a member of the panel, wrote to Johnson herself, pleading with the House Speaker to get both men off the committee.

“There are literally hundreds of duly elected and upstanding members of Congress on both sides of the aisle who understand the gravity of their responsibilities of oversight,” she wrote.

Perry played a central role in the former president’s alleged criminal efforts to stay in power – he reportedly