We reported earlier that it looks likely that former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani could be the next individual in former President Donald Trump’s orbit to be subpoenaed over potential ties to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. And now, ABC News reports that the Jan. 6 committee investigating the insurrection appears to have House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in its crosshairs. According to the outlet, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the chairman of the House select committee, invited McCarthy on Wednesday to sit for an interview with investigators.
“If he has information he wants to share with us and is willing to voluntarily come in, I’m not taking the invitation off the table,” Thompson said during a phone interview with the outlet.
McCarthy has some explaining to do.
“Earlier this week, McCarthy, who spoke to then-President Donald Trump during the riot, was asked in a local television interview whether he would cooperate with the committee’s investigation,” according to the report.
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“I don’t have anything to add. I have been very public, but I wouldn’t hide from anything,” he said.
“If Leader McCarthy has nothing to hide, he can voluntarily come before the committee,” Thompson told ABC News and added that he would consider sending the House minority leader a formal request to appear.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) recently spoke on the floor of Congress for 8 hours and 32 minutes to delay the passing of the Build Back Better Act; however, the California Republican has spent zero hours admonishing his party’s leader for spreading the big lie of widespread voter fraud that didn’t take place in the 2020 election. Trump once again tonight continued to spread that lie, and of course, that dangerous rhetoric is what led to the deadly Jan. 6th storming of the Capitol.
Well, maybe once McCarthy is under oath, he can free himself from being attached to Donald Trump’s coattails and get a load off of his mind. Do it, Kevin. It will make you feel better. No stress intended. It’s got to be tough holding all of that in.
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