McCarthy indicates Republicans plan to investigate Jan. 6 panel - The Hill

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is asking the House prime committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, onslaught astatine the Capitol to sphere each its documents, saying the coming Republican bulk plans to reappraisal its work. 

“It is imperative that each accusation collected beryllium preserved not conscionable for organization prerogatives but for transparency to the American people,” McCarthy wrote successful a missive to Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the president of the prime committee.

“The American radical person a close to cognize that the allegations you person made are supported by the facts and to beryllium capable to presumption the transcripts.”

It’s a menace that successful galore ways rings hollow for a sheet that is weeks distant from releasing to the nationalist a monolithic study covering its much than yearlong investigation, including the merchandise of much than 1,000 interviews with witnesses. 

Thompson told reporters precocious Wednesday that everything would beryllium “not conscionable preserved, but made disposable to the public.”

He besides noted that McCarthy withdrew respective appointments to the committee aft House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) rejected 2 of his picks.

“He had a accidental to person members connected the committee. So helium had a accidental to travel and attest earlier the committee. So I deliberation the equine has near the barn. And we volition bash our work, we volition extremity Dec. 31. If helium wants to behaviour immoderate helium wants arsenic Speaker, it’s his choice. But we sunset Dec. 31. He tin work the report. We won’t person thing successful our possession aft Dec. 31,” Thompson said.

“The subpoena I signed for him to travel and attest earlier the committee volition beryllium portion of the record.”

The informing from McCarthy, who is moving to beryllium Speaker successful the adjacent Congress, comes arsenic the sheet is acceptable to conscionable Friday to measure however to woody with the five GOP lawmakers who failed to comply with their subpoenas, a radical that includes McCarthy. 

That gathering volition besides screen whether to marque transgression referrals to the Justice Department. Recommendations could screen anyone progressive successful the strategy to support erstwhile President Trump successful power, but it would besides see further contempt of Congress referrals for those who defied the sheet erstwhile it compelled their testimony. 

The committee, and aboriginal the afloat House, made 4 specified referrals to the Justice Department, which chose to prosecute charges successful 2 cases: against erstwhile Trump advisor Stephen Bannon and erstwhile White House commercialized advisor Peter Navarro.

Mychael Schnell contributed.