
US Capitol attack panel asks Kevin McCarthy to cooperate with inquiry
Added 01-12-22 09:09:02pm EST - “The House committee chairman has written to the Republican minority leader, escalating pressure on Trump's allies in Congress” - Theguardian.com
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Posted By TheNewsCommenter: From Theguardian.com: “US Capitol attack panel asks Kevin McCarthy to cooperate with inquiry”. Below is an excerpt from the article.
The House committee chairman has written to the Republican minority leader, escalating pressure on Trump’s allies in Congress
The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack formally asked the Republican House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, on Wednesday to cooperate with its inquiry into the January 6 insurrection, escalating the pressure on Donald Trump’s top allies in Congress.
The committee said in a letter to McCarthy that the panel is seeking details about his conversations with the Trump White House and the former president in the days leading up to and during the Capitol attack, as well as discussions in its aftermath.
“We also must learn about how the President’s plans for January 6th came together, and all the other ways he attempted to alter the results of the election,” Congressman Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the select committee, said in the letter.
Thompson said that McCarthy was of particular interest to investigators as he spoke to Trump directly as the former president’s supporters stormed the Capitol to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election win.
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