Trump's congressional cronies were just subpoenaed — and it's about time, says HayesBrown. Here's what happens next.
. But now, with time running short before the committee’s live hearings are set to begin, its chairman, Rep. Benny Thompson, D-Miss., has finally stopped requesting and started demanding.outline a plethora of reasons why testimony from these five Republicans could be crucial to its final report. In the run-up to Jan 6, four of them — Reps.
The fifth — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California — has yet to fully match his public statements to what he’s said in private about the attack. We know that in the immediate aftermath, hefor the attack, but then he spent the next year trying to hinder any investigation. McCarthy is trying to become speaker of the House next year.
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