McCarthy: Swalwell, Schiff won't serve on House Intelligence panel - USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – GOP Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday helium would not spot chap California Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff to the House Intelligence Committee, keeping a promise helium made connected the run trail.

"I volition enactment nationalist information up of partisan politics," helium said during a quality conference. 

McCarthy has said Swalwell would beryllium denied a information clearance successful the backstage assemblage and that Schiff has lied to the public, claiming they are not acceptable to service connected the committee that handles classified information. 

Democrats accidental it's governmental revenge. Both California Democrats served connected the sheet successful the past Congress and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has asked that they beryllium reappointed, Unlike astir lasting committees, the talker chooses who serves connected the Select Intelligence Committee.

McCarthy said it's not governmental and that Schiff and Swalwell could beryllium seated connected different committees, but not Intelligence. 

This is breaking news. Please cheque backmost for updates. 

Candy Woodall is simply a Congress newsman for USA TODAY. She tin beryllium reached astatine cwoodall@usatoday.com or connected Twitter astatine @candynotcandace.