Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry, four other GOP lawmakers.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A House panel issued subpoenas Thursday to Pennsylvania U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and three other GOP lawmakers in its probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, an extraordinary step that has little precedent and is certain to further inflame partisan tensions over the 2021 attack.
“They’re not conducting a legitimate investigation,” McCarthy said. “Seems as though they just want to go after their political opponents.” Congressional subpoenas for sitting members of Congress, especially for a party leader, have little precedent in recent decades, and it is unclear what the consequences would be if any or all of the five men decline to comply. The House has voted to hold two other noncompliant witnesses, former Trump aides Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows, in contempt, referring their cases to the Justice Department.In announcing the subpoenas, the Jan.
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