January 6 Panel Subpoenas 5 House Republicans, Including Minority Leader

Felicia Sonmez, Jacqueline Alemany, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Marianna Sotomayor / The Washington Post

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, joined at right by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-OH, on July 27, 2021. The House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has issued subpoenas for both lawmakers, as well as other House Republicans. (photo: Scott Applewhite/AP) 13 May 22

The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob on Thursday announced that it subpoenaed five Republican members of Congress, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), after they refused to cooperate with the panel’s inquiry.

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), who chairs the select committee, said that the panel subpoenaed McCarthy and Reps. Mo Brooks (Ala.), Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Scott Perry (Pa.) and Jim Jordan (Ohio).

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