well, i haven t seen it either. they haven t given me the subpoena, which is amazing because the press has had information and knowledge of this for 24 hours now. i still have yet to see the subpoena, it has not been given to me. i did write a letter in january when they asked me to come voluntarily. i said there are all kinds of concerns i have with this committee. if they do not comply, the committee could recommend contempt charges as they have done in the past but so far no one on the committee has yet suggested they will go that route. it is fraught. and house republicans have threatened to launch their own control into democrats should they gain control of the house next year. we don t know who in the senate the committee is interested in hearing from. joining me is capitol hill correspondent ali vitale. any news on the next steps? reporter: that s where it goes next, especially if and when these lawmakers say they re not going to comply with these requests. there
about its legitimacy. i want to add two points to ally s very good points here. number one, the ethics committee is evenly divided, republicans and democrats. she s 100% right, it would be drawn out and eventually end in stalemate because republicans would stick up for mccarthy. number two, there s been precedent in the past on the criminal and civil contempt angle of this that the judicial branch is not always interested in weighing in on a legislative branch dispute. so they understand but they don t really have much to many places to maneuver here because they don t have much recourse. meaning the ethics committee would deadlock, there s no guarantee the courts would take it up. we could take a logical step here, katy, without too much