Schiff: McCarthy 'will do whatever Trump tells him' if GOP wins back House
By Mychael Schnell - 10/14/21 05:07 PM EDT
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is warning that if Republicans win the lower chamber in next year's midterms, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will “do whatever Donald Trump tells him.”
“I worry for the country's future if someone as unethical as Kevin McCarthy were ever to hold the reins of power, because at the end of the day if someone that unscrupulous is running the GOP and the House of Representatives, he will do whatever Donald Trump tells him,” Schiff says during an interview with Showtime’s “The Circus,” provided in advance exclusively to The Hill.
Schiff’s comments came during a conversation about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The California Democrat sits on the House select committee probing the deadly riot, which has already sent out a number of subpoenas requesting testimony and documents related to the incident, including to individuals close to the former president.
One such subpoena recipient is ex-Trump White House strategist Stephen Bannon, who refused to comply with the panel’s request for documents and testimony ahead of a Thursday deadline, pointing to a yet-to-be filed lawsuit from Trump contending that the documents and testimony requested are protected by executive privilege.
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