{"id":137533,"date":"2021-09-02T01:01:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T01:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=137533"},"modified":"2021-09-02T01:01:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T01:01:16","slug":"kevin-mccarthy-has-gone-from-backing-capitol-riot-probe-to-suggesting-its-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/kevin-mccarthy-has-gone-from-backing-capitol-riot-probe-to-suggesting-its-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCarthy Has Gone From Backing Capitol Riot Probe To Suggesting It’s Illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the early aftermath of Jan. 6, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) backed a congressional investigation into that day\u2019s attack on the U.S. Capitol.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now he says it would be flat-out illegal for private companies to comply with an investigative committee\u2019s requests for information.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf these companies comply with the Democrat order to turn over private information, they are in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the United States,\u201d McCarthy said in a <\/span>Tuesday statement<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This week, the committee asked nearly three dozen internet and telecommunications companies to preserve records or hand over material that might be related to any planning of the Jan. 6 attack, which interrupted the certification of Donald Trump\u2019s loss in the 2020 presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n

By saying that compliance with the request would be illegal, McCarthy\u2019s statement implies the request itself could be illegal, though he stopped short of explicitly saying so.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think part of the reason he\u2019s not spelling it out is because the claim may have no validity,\u201d said <\/span>Alexander Reinert, a professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear what law McCarthy thinks companies might violate. His office did not respond to a request for more details.<\/p>\n

Courts have repeatedly said Congress has the constitutional authority to compel information from private parties and executive branch agencies, since lawmakers need to be able to gather facts in order to write laws. The targets of congressional subpoenas sometimes resist by arguing that lawmakers are just playing politics and have no legitimate legislative purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere could be circumstances in which Congress abuses its authority in ways that undermine or violate the Constitution,\u201d Reinert said. \u201cAbsent more information, that doesn\u2019t seem to be the case here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Republican leader\u2019s statement comes as Republicans increasingly cast doubt on the severity of the Capitol riot and lament the imprisonment of the rioters.<\/p>\n

And McCarthy himself has evolved a lot on whether Congress should investigate the circumstances surrounding the pro-Trump mob\u2019s siege of the Capitol building. The week after the riot, while debating impeachment, McCarthy supported a formal inquiry as an impeachment alternative.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think a fact-finding commission and a censure resolution would be prudent,\u201d he said on the House floor, noting that Trump \u201cbears responsibility\u201d for the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the week after that, McCarthy recanted, saying Trump actually didn\u2019t provoke the mob. And when Democrats formally introduced legislation to create an independent commission \u2015 modeled on the 9\/11 commission, with an even party split \u2015 McCarthy balked, complaining the panel would ignore riots connected to Black Lives Matter protests last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Senate Republicans blocking the commission, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) set up a select committee. McCarthy pulled his appointees to the panel after Pelosi rejected two of them. She ultimately named two Republicans of her own choosing.<\/span><\/p>\n

McCarthy has since <\/span>resorted to blaming Pelosi<\/span> for the Capitol\u2019s vulnerability that day, implying she allowed Trump supporters to ransack her own office in order to make herself more powerful. And Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), one of McCarthy\u2019s rejected appointees, has claimed Pelosi \u201cscripted\u201d testimony by police officers who fought Trump\u2019s mob.<\/span><\/p>\n

Part of the reason Republicans may oppose investigation into the riot is that some of them could be material witnesses. McCarthy, for instance, spoke to Trump on the phone during the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his latest escalation, McCarthy not only said it would be illegal to cooperate with the committee \u2015 he also threatened to retaliate against any companies that do so.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf companies still choose to violate federal law, a Republican majority will not forget and will stand with Americans to hold them fully accountable under the law,\u201d he said Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

A few Democrats have said the Department of Justice ought to investigate McCarthy for obstructing the committee\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis threats are treasonous,\u201d Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) said Wednesday. \u201cMoreover, this is cut-and-dried felony obstruction by Kevin McCarthy that the Justice Department would do well to look into.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans have a strong chance of winning back the House of Representatives next year, meaning McCarthy could become the next speaker. <\/span><\/p>\n

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