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McCarthy's attorney said Jan. 6 Committee 'not acting within the
confines of any legislative purpose'

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in a letter through his
counsel Friday signaled that he won't comply with a subpoena
from the Jan. 6 Committee subpoena and questioned the
committee's authority to mandate testimony.

McCarthy's attorney Elliot Berke in the letter laid out several
objections to the committee's subpoena, including that House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., didn't appoint the GOP members
of the committee in consultation with McCarthy, R-Calif.

The committee issued subpoenas to McCarthy and several other
Republican lawmakers earlier this month.

Berke also says the committee doesn't have a proper legislative
purpose, citing comments by committee members who say they plan
to get to the bottom of the story of what happened on Jan. 6.

TOP DEM SIGNALS POSSIBLE LEGAL MOVES AGAINST MCCARTHY,
REPUBLICANS OVER UNPRECEDENTED JAN. 6 SUBPOENAS

"In composition, in conduct, in press releases, public
statements, interviews, and correspondence, the Select Committee
is clearly not acting within the confines of any legislative
purpose," Berke says. "In light of the above-described
deficiencies, it is unclear how the Select Committee believes it
is operating within the bounds of law or even within the
confines of the authorizing resolution."

The letter further asks several questions of the committee and
its chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., about its validity
and the topics the committee would like to discuss. These
include the documents the committee wants to ask about, who is
the proper "Ranking Minority Member" consulted on the subpoenas
and the legal justification for the committee asking for
McCarthy's testimony.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is the ranking member on the committee,
which has just two Republicans. But she was appointed by Pelosi
without McCarthy's input.

CENTRIST GROUP NO LABELS TURNS ON JAN. 6 COMMITTEE: 'PARTISAN
EXERCISE'

"I expressly reserve Leader McCarthy’s right to assert any other
applicable privilege or objection to the Select Committee’s
subpoena," Berke also said.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, whom the committee subpoenaed at the
same time as McCarthy , issued a similar letter earlier this
week.

The Jan. 6 Committee did not immediately respond to a request
for comment from Fox News. But top House Democrats have signaled
they may pursue legal options to compel testimony from
Republican members of Congress who refuse to comply with
subpoenas.

"We’ll pursue the same actions we’d pursue with anybody else
who’d refuse," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said.
"If you’re prepared to tell the truth, why would you care? If
you’re not prepared to tell the truth, it may be a concern to
you."

The Jan. 6 Committee has been issuing subpoenas for months as it
investigates the origins of the violent Jan. 6, 2021 attack on
the Capitol by a mob of former President Donald Trump's
supporters. But earlier this month was the first time it
subpoenaed sitting members of Congress — and the first time any
congressional committee subpoenaed sitting members in U.S.
history.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-subpoena-january-6-
committee

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