The January 6 Committee has issued subpoenas to five GOP lawmakers, marking a sharp escalation in the Democrat-dominated probe.
The subpoenas, issued to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), and Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), are the first subpoenas that the committee has issued to sitting members of Congress.
Since 2021 the committee, formed by a party-line vote and composed mostly of Democrats, has sought to prove that the Capitol breach during the Jan. 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” protest was the result of an intentional plot by high-level Republicans to overthrow the United States government.
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