going forward on how did he make his money and what don t we know? because this guy appears to have gone from being evicted and having really no assets on record in 2020, now to having a million-dollar apartment in rio, 750,000 in cash for his campaign. that s the real problem for mccarthy because right now mccarthy s not going to say anything. he needs every single vote he can get coming up for speaker. he s not going to say anything. these ethics investigations take a long time. but letitia james is on to it. there will be investigations. and eventually he may be faced with having to weigh in on this. we do have a record in congress of some members, jim traficant from ohio comes to mind, who stay in office despite being in prison. so there are characters in congress. and senator mcconnell said that. the republican recruiting season these were not the best candidates. all eyes were on herschel walker
bound by principles of consistency. this is all about power and retaining power and avoiding damage, in the next congress, to their members. and i expect kevin mccarthy, as speaker, and his lieutenants to do everything possible to protect his members from the inception of any ethics investigations. there s a code of official conduct that s part of the house rules. the first provision, you know, provisions members from engaging in any conduct that may bring discredit upon the house. well, all of the conduct attributed to these members, by this committee, of course, brings appalling, enormous discredit on the house. but it s going to take some republican member to agree that the institution of the house and protecting the integrity of the house is more important than protecting the fortunes of a particular member, you know, for this to get, you know, past the get-go. we ll have to wait and see what happens. it s improbable to me that any complaints will advance.
various bar associations to try to get them to spark. you mentioned congressional referrals, members of congress who were involved in this effort as well chair. german thompson asked spoken specifically about referring some of these gop lawmakers, people like scott perry and others, to the house ethics committee for possible ethics investigations. that is something that donald trump is obviously the main focus but we are likely to hear about some other broader attempt to overturn the election. i want to touch on what we heard from schumer. he showing a lot of optimism when it comes to the path of republicans going forward, not even cautious, just straight-up optimism, which i found pretty interesting to say the least. here s what he sent. i think there s going to be a whole chunk of republicans in the house and senate who realize that the maga way doesn t work. i hope to work with them to get
referred to the house ethics committee, i just wanna be clear these are not criminal referrals, these referrals to the house ethics committee for possible ethics investigations. big news day. it is going to be a big news week. and we see scott won, thank you for being here with us. now tuna to a story we have been falling. historic vote in puerto rico. house voting in favor of having the people of puerto rico decide the political future of the u.s. territory. puerto rico status act was passed by 216 democrats and 16 republicans. the bill is considered unlikely to pass in the senate, but it is still a huge step. the bill was a compromise of congress members with competing bills on the island s future. the overall consensus remains, puerto rico s current status is untenable. among those fighting for puerto ricans new york, congressman velazquez. here are some of it she said ahead of that vote. it is not secret that the members of advocating for this deal including myself, whole
conversations, i m sure, that entire month of january, all about this. who did he talk to? what did they say? and the committee may have some of that information from the other side of those conversations. so, they have to be careful, and they also have to be wary of ethics investigations, of being pulled from their committees, but also just undermining their own authority in whether or not they want to comply with the subpoena from their own body of congress. let me interrupt you. so there s a lot at stake. with something that might change this entire conversation. this could be a game changer. the new york times has just broken the story that the justice department has requested transcripts from the january 6th committee. so, it may be, dan goldman, that it isn t just the 1/6 committee. it isn t just their own colleagues who want to know what they saw, what they did, what they texted, and what they knew about january 6th. it may be the united states department of justice. let