Jan. 6 panel asks McCarthy to cooperate

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Jan. 6 panel asks McCarthy to cooperate
By Rebecca Beitsch - 01/12/22 03:57 PM EST

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol took the remarkable step Wednesday of asking for voluntary cooperation from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), the highest-ranking Republican to face such a request in the probe.

In a six-page letter to McCarthy, the committee laid out a host of questions for the Republican leader, who initially condemned the attack and former President Trump’s role in it but who has since become a chief critic of the panel and its work.

“You have acknowledged speaking directly with the former President while the violence was underway on Jan. 6. ... Further, you shared an account of your communications with President Trump with a local news outlet in your district, which reported that you had a 'very heated conversation' with the President as the riot was taking place, and urged the President to 'get help' to the Capitol,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the select committee, wrote in the letter to McCarthy.

“As is readily apparent, all of this information bears directly on President Trump’s state of mind during the January 6th attack as the violence was underway.”

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https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/589455-jan-6-panel-asks-mccarthy-to-cooperate

[Kamaji]

Tell 'em to go pound sand.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Tell 'em to go pound sand.

Kevin's caught between a formidable rock and a hard place.  It'll be interesting to see how he responds.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Now that you know which way the winds are blowin', Kev, relieve Cheney and Kinzinger from their committee assignments ...

McCarthy says he won't cooperate with 'illegitimate' Jan. 6 probe
The Hill, Jan 12, 2022

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) said Wednesday evening that he will not cooperate with the select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, asserting the panel "is not conducting a legitimate investigation."

McCarthy, in a statement released hours after the committee asked him to voluntarily cooperate with its probe, maintained that the panel was seeking to interview him about “private conversations not remotely related to the violence that unfolded at the Capitol.”

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) said Wednesday evening that he will not cooperate with the select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, asserting the panel "is not conducting a legitimate investigation."

McCarthy, in a statement released hours after the committee asked him to voluntarily cooperate with its probe, maintained that the panel was seeking to interview him about “private conversations not remotely related to the violence that unfolded at the Capitol.”

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) said Wednesday evening that he will not cooperate with the select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, asserting the panel "is not conducting a legitimate investigation."

McCarthy, in a statement released hours after the committee asked him to voluntarily cooperate with its probe, maintained that the panel was seeking to interview him about “private conversations not remotely related to the violence that unfolded at the Capitol.”

McCarthy in his statement Wednesday night knocked the committee for subpoenas it has issued and criticized lawmakers for holding individuals in contempt of Congress.


More:  https://thehill.com/homenews/house/589516-mccarthy-says-he-wont-cooperate-with-jan-6-panels-inquiry

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Leader McCarthy’s Statement about Pelosi’s Illegitimate Select Committee
Jan 12, 2022

Washington, D.C. — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) issued the following statement about Speaker Pelosi’s illegitimate select committee:

“This committee is not conducting a legitimate investigation as Speaker Pelosi took the unprecedented action of rejecting the Republican members I named to serve on the committee. It is not serving any legislative purpose. The committee’s only objective is to attempt to damage its political opponents – acting like the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee one day and the DOJ the next.

“The committee has demanded testimony from staffers who applied for First Amendment permits. It has subpoenaed the call records of private citizens and their financial records from banks while demanding secrecy not supported by law. It has lied about the contents of documents it has received. It has held individuals in contempt of Congress for exercising their Constitutional right to avail themselves of judicial proceedings. And now it wants to interview me about public statements that have been shared with the world, and private conversations not remotely related to the violence that unfolded at the Capitol. I have nothing else to add.

“As a representative and the leader of the minority party, it is with neither regret nor satisfaction that I have concluded to not participate with this select committee’s abuse of power that stains this institution today and will harm it going forward.”


https://republicanleader.house.gov/leader-mccarthys-statement-about-pelosis-illegitimate-select-committee/

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Marjorie Taylor Greene🍊
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Kevin told the J6 Clown Committee exactly what they deserve to hear.