McCarthy threatens companies that comply with Jan. 6 probe’s phone records requests

  • 📰 politico
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 34 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 59%

Australia News News

Australia Australia Latest News,Australia Australia Headlines

Congressional committees have routinely subpoenaed data from private companies, but the House minority leader says a future GOP majority “will not forget.”

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks at the Capitol on Aug. 31, 2021. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP PhotoMinority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday threatened to use a future GOP majority to punish companies that comply with the House’s Jan. 6 investigators, warning that “a Republican majority will not forget.”

The select panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection took its first step in obtaining phone records on Monday, asking an array of telecommunications companies to save records relevant to the attack — a request that could include records from some lawmakers. More than 30 companies, including Apple, AT&T and Verizon, received a request for records from April 1, 2020, to Jan. 31, 2021.

The Democratic-led committee’s investigators are looking for a fuller picture of the communications between then-President Donald Trump and members of Congress during the attack. McCarthy is among the Republicans known to have spoken with Trump on Jan. 6.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 381. in AU
 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

To investigate a traitorous insurrection - they should get everything they need. No safe harbor for people who viscously attack our federal government.

Where is his patriotism and his brain?

That is one scared muthaf*****.

Way to reignite the FIRES who will burn at the stake first McCarthy? Corruption knows no bounds.

The lows of the GOPs utter betrayal of American values

Why?

Trying to hide his recorded unrequited weepy begging to the Liar

Qevin is doing a form of witness tampering.

McCarthy going full Trump. If people like him can be elected and remain in office politics will not progress as a democracy.

Private information lol that's funny. Didn't most of the videos and photos from that end up on social media anyway?

As he should. I am amazed that Democrats like the surveillance state so much.

Due to the late,slow,disastrous approach to pandemia by Trump, USA is a huge graveyard with more than 657000 coronavirus patient’s deaths.Trump destroyed the economy, cannot respond to racial crisis properly & incited violence against Capitol on January 6! Enough is enough!

Another threat because they'll all be exposed.

Treason

the public demands the truth not sabotage.

The GOPOOP has no interest in investigating the attempted 1/6/21 insurrection. They're afraid of the investigation uncovering their collusion in this event.

That says a lot about Kevin, Gym etc participation in insurrection.

Tuff we need the Truth

You can't hide kevin.

McCarthy what are you afraid of.Your political career is already going down the toilet so why not start telling the truth.

Clearly Obstruction of Justice

GOPLeader is sounding very defensive...are you getting worried, Kevin?

TYRANT!!!

GOPLeader wants attention so bad.

Biden should resign or be impeached!

GOPLeader Politics is so messed up that our leaders think they can threaten companies for complying with the law. McCarthy should be wanting to get to truth; instead he stands in way and protects those who are complicit.

McCarthy is acting like a gangster now, phone companies should be scared 😳 watch out, please.

We're already a third world country or at least our politicians are

Tied to Trump like a stone dropping from Trump Tower.

Granpda Joe McCarthy would approve

Hmmmmmmm sounds like PANIC due to being COMPLICIT and being EXPOSED!

Yeah but those companies will comply because they know what will happen to them if they don't.

Fuc this seditionist!

I say he is frightened by what will happen to him once the indisputable record comes out.

Obstruction of justice much GOPLeader ? TheJusticeDept

seems afraid of something...wonder what?

There may never be another GOP majority.

Witness tampering, Obstruction

So where in the DOJ? Oh wait, AG MuellerGotThis is still doing nothing. MerrickGarland is the worst AG for doing literally nothing to prosecute the leaders of the big lie.

Dayum! He’s skerred!

What are they hiding? GOPLeader

Fired

Remove all extremists.

Insurrectionists running scared.

Can you spell obstruction!!!!

That's evidence, witness tampering! Arrest McCarthy

The feds can get these docs no problem. So, GOPLeader can fuck off. If he businesses so much, he shouldn’t be stopping this bc It was the patriot act that the feds basically had the right to gain info from the citizens using companies. You’re welcome.

Nancy Pelosi and Schumer need to start leading- especially Schumer- whip Sinema and Manchin in line and get stuff done- enough already!!!

Maybe... McCarthy was involved in the planning?

totally not what a guilty person would do

Again, your fascist ideas are not going to work in this country. What are you afraid of McCarthy?

I’m so tired of these GOP bullies

Nothing like fighting for transparency in the investigation about the insurrection that threatened to overturn our democracy.

Threaten them with what? More ass kissing so he can continue to receive campaigne donations?

GOPLeader I hope they present these threats to their lawyers & head off any future Government interference of their companies; more than likely they're idle threats because these companies are just as rich as they are & to retaliate against them will affect their donor money.

GOPLeader FBI JusticeOIG How can Kevin McCarthy openly threaten communication companies by telling them not to comply with phone records from 1/6 by Judiciary committee or face Republican wrath. It’s bad enough lithely blocked an independent investigation. What are they hiding

McCarthy doesn't have unquestioned power. Private companies can just ignore him or threaten to pull their money.

Scaredy cat😂

McCarthy sounds ner…ner…vous. Hunh.

Very simply, 'F McCarthy!'

Whatever happened to the question, 'If you got nothin to hide'?

Cool, obstruction of justice.

Australia Australia Latest News, Australia Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Jan. 6 committee to ask phone companies for Republican lawmakers' recordsHouse select cmte. investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol is preparing to ask telecommunications companies to preserve the phone records of a group of Republican lawmakers, multiple sources say. WeWillNeverForget
Source: NBCNews - 🏆 10. / 86 Read more »

Jan. 6 committee asks companies to preserve phone records from GOP lawmakers, Trump aidesHouse select committee investigating Jan. 6 Capitol attack asks companies to preserve email and phone records of some GOP lawmakers, Trump aides. Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret. — Don Miguel Ruiz We used to be a country that pulled together. The current GOP is creating the next Civil War. All in the name of power and greed
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »