Jan. 6 Panel Refers Four Republicans to Ethics Committee

The January 6 committee referred four Republican lawmakers to the House Ethics Committee on Dec. 19 for defying subpoenas earlier this year.
The referrals names House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)
During the same session, the committee recommended criminal charges against former President Donald Trump related to the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The House Ethics Committee subpoenaed Reps. McCarthy, Jordan, Perry, and Biggs to testify earlier this year. None complied.
Biggs responded to the ethics committee’s referral on Twitter, saying the committee wants lawmakers’ testimony “to have the ability to edit and misconstrue our statements to further their own false narratives, as they did with so many witnesses.”…}

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