Kevin McCarthy Fires Back Amid Controversy Over Intel Committee Removals

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday explained why he doesn’t want Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on the House Intelligence Committee, pushing back against claims of a double standard.
“I’m gonna be very clear with you,” McCarthy told reporters. “The Intel Committee is different. You know why? Because what happens in the Intel Committee, you don’t know. What happens in the Intel committee, other secrets going on in the world, other members of Congress don’t know.”
When Schiff chaired the House Intelligence panel, he used “his power as a chairman and lied to the American public,” McCarthy added. Schiff, he said, is free to serve on other committees….}