Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Five GOP Lawmakers—Including Kevin McCarthy

Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Five GOP Lawmakers—Including Kevin McCarthy

Share to Linkedin The House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot on Thursday subpoenaed Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and four other House Republicans, asking them to testify at hearings in June—the first public subpoenas issued by the panel to members of Congress. In addition to McCarthy, the committee asked for documents or testimony from Republican Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Mo Brooks (Ala.), Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Scott Perry (Pa.). All five representatives had previously been asked to appear voluntarily: Jordan and Perry were asked to cooperate in December, McCarthy in January, and Biggs and Brooks on May 2. The committee connected Biggs, Jordan and Perry to efforts to overturn former President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss: Biggs allegedly tried to convince state officials the election was rigged, and Perry attempted to "corrupt" the Department of Justice by installing Jeffrey Clark—a department official open to claims of voter fraud—as acting attorney general. Jordan and McCarthy were in contact with Trump on the day of the riot, and McCarthy claimed Trump had admitted in a private conversation after the Capitol riot that he was at least partially to blame for the incident, the committee said. The committee noted Brooks