GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy says he will not voluntarily cooperate with the House select committee's probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Kevin McCarthy is now the third member of Congress the committee has reached out to for voluntary information about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy says he will not voluntarily cooperate with the House select committee's probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Chairman Bennie Thompson said in the letter that he believes McCarthy has relevant information that could speak into the facts, circumstances, and causes leading to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.Violent insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021."You have acknowledged speaking directly with the former President while the violence was underway on January 6th," Thompson writes.
In the last few weeks, GOP Reps. Jim Jordan and Scott Perry were also contacted by the select committee but they denied the requests to sit down for an interview or to provide documents. The panel has not ruled out trying to compel their testimony.Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chair of the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, arrives to a business meeting on Capitol Hill on Dec. 13, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
Notably, the committee believes McCarthy can speak to Trump's"state of mind" leading up to, during and after the Capitol riot. "The Select Committee has contemporaneous text messages from multiple witnesses identifying significant concerns following January 6th held by White House staff and the President's supporters regarding President Trump's state of mind and his ongoing conduct. It appears that you had one or more conversations with the President during this period," the letter states.
"Despite the many substantial concerns you voiced about President Trump's responsibility for the January 6th attack, you nevertheless visited President Trump in Mar-a-Lago on January 28th . While there, you reportedly discussed campaign planning and fundraising to retake the House majority in 2022."
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