The U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack has subpoenaed a small group of some of the most influential Republicans in the House.
The subpoena list is a who's who of GOP and conservative leaders, most prominently aspiring House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
The select committee of seven Democrats and two Republicans (Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger) also sent summonses to Jim Jordan, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.).
All five men had refused requests to appear before the committee voluntarily.
CNN further reports:
Lawmakers on the panel have been weighing whether to subpoena their Republican colleagues for months, wrestling with whether they had the constitutional right to do so, and debating if they wanted to set such a precedent.
And with hearings less than a month away, the panel is facing a ticking clock to get all the information it can.
“The Select Committee has learned that several of our colleagues have information relevant to our investigation into the attack on January 6th and the events leading up to it,” the panel's chairman, Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, said in a statement. “Before we hold our hearings next month, we wished to provide members the opportunity to discuss these matters with the committee voluntarily.”
“Regrettably, the individuals receiving subpoenas today have refused and we're forced to take this step to help ensure the committee uncovers facts concerning January 6th,” he continued. “We urge our colleagues to comply with the law, do their patriotic duty, and cooperate with our investigation as hundreds of other witnesses have done.”
The committee has already scheduled depositions for McCarthy, Jordan, Perry, Brooks and Biggs.
So, what do you think? Are you concerned at all that the Jan. 6 Committee's June hearings will have an impact on the midterm elections or is this much ado about nothing? We look forward to reading your opinions in the comments below!
This is an illegitimate and illegal inquiry with no legitimate subpoena power BECAUSE Nancy Pelosi would not seat Kevin Mc Carthy’s choice of representatives. Instead, handpicking two RINO’s that she knew would rubber stamp her wishes.
BOGUS!
Yet, another waste of taxpayers money, for this “not ready for prime time players” I got a dirty little secret. The same people who put on this poorly choregraph insurrection, are not going to put on this phony inquisition in hopes with a complicit media of overturning the blame back the American people, again. Like “pro-active parents” being victimize to be domestic terrorist. And where is this “Epps” sob? A badly produced show, being put on by the perpetrators, the gig is up.
It does seem to be that one fact in evidence is they know they are on the wrong side of this, that ius why they are refusing to talk about Jan 6, they know the factual truth will do them and the Republican party great harm. What amaze me is when the republicans want a hearing it is completely legal, when the Democrats want a hearing it is illegal. It took 7 investigations into Benghazi before those in the Republican party decided it was time to go some place else, when they could find nothing done wrong but actually spewed border line lies to try to change the face of every thing. The very same thing they are doing about the election and Jan 6, after almost 2 years since the election and no large amount of voter fraud found any place, Trump tried to take his opinion to the SCOTUS when it was suppose to go to Law Enforcement to investigate.
Correct!! Why would anyone respond to this illegal committee. Nancy should have to testify
first since she would not bring in the National Guard after the President requested her to
do so. Did they get testimony from the FBI that was in the crowd that was instigating the
crowd to go in the Capital. Is this another Witch Hunt, if not then Nancy needs to confess.!!!
It’s just another Demonrat/RINO orchestrated kangaroo court. Unfortunately, the DOI (Department of Injustice) will probably conjure up some excuse to prosecute those who don’t roll over and “cooperate” this those hyenas on the panel.