from jordan perry, brooks, and mccarthy. we have information from other sources that lead us to believe that each one of these individuals are colleagues have information within the committee and needs to tell the full story. plus, on the court victory to block florida s racially gerrymander congressional map. and what i learn from my battle with coronavirus that could end the helping you. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. today the bipartisan committee investigating january six took the seismic step of subpoenaing the most powerful republican in the house. minority leader kevin mccarthy of california. and of course, that is the guy who is poised to become speaker of the house, should republicans win the house in the midterm elections. they also issued subpoenas for four of his colleagues, and in fact, their colleagues. jim jordan of ohio, mel brooks of alabama, andy biggs of arizona, and scott perry of pennsylvania. the latter fo
and for months and months, house democrats have been trying everything to avoid getting too precise at this point. which is why it is worth looking back at just how we got here. in the days after the insurrection, it really seemed like kevin mccarthy understood the gravity of the situation. it is apparent in the since leaked phone calls with his fellow republicans from the days following the attack that mccarthy privately told allies he was thinking of asking trump to resign. and you asked if, you know, what happens if he gets there after he s gone? is there any chance? are you hearing that he might resign? is there any reason to think that might happen? i ve had if you discussions. my gut tells me no. i m seriously thinking of having that conversation with him tonight. i haven t talked to him in a couple days. mccarthy appeared to take the attack so seriously that he actually deputize his own ally, member of the republican house leadership, congressman john taco of new
is just literally on. surely mathematically, that was the whole point. democrats are not willing to let the investigation of the attack. oh then, how speaker nancy pelosi established, using her power as speaker of the, house a select committee to look into the insurrection to investigate it. that was less formal in the proposed commission, which would have involved both members of congress. mccarthy, who was taking orders from trump, decided to sabotage it. he then tried to appoint jim jordan to the committee who of course, is now being subpoenaed for his very role in plotting the coup itself. we know that jordan spoke to trump on january 6th multiple times. the committee tried to join no says that he is a material witness and the investigation. congressman jordan may well be a material witness. he is someone who is involved in in number of meetings and in the meet up to what happened on january 6th, involved in planning for january 6th, certainly for the objections that day as he sa
of alabama, andy biggs of arizona, and scott perry of pennsylvania. the latter four in particular are largely believed to have been key players in the ex presidents plot to overturn the 2020 election. in case it is not clear, this is obviously a really, really big deal. we sort of dug back through the history here as far as we can tell, this appears to be the first time a member serving in congress has been subpoenaed by congress outside of an ethics investigation. let alone the man gearing up to be speaker. and for months and months, house democrats have been trying everything to avoid getting too precise at this point. which is why it is worth looking back at just how we got here. in the days after the insurrection, it really seemed like kevin mccarthy understood the gravity of the situation. it is apparent in the since leaked phone calls with his fellow republicans from the days following the attack that mccarthy privately told allies he was thinking of asking trump to resign. and
broke the institution. smashed it to pieces. but this was the party line now, right? committee is a sham. the claims are illegitimate. we can put it off into this other corner of the world. you there, republican voter you don t have to worry about it. of course, pelosi did a point to republicans to the committee. both immediately became prize in their own party. cheney, once the third more powerful republican in the, house was on the phone with mccarthy when he contemplated asking trump to resign, lost her position of party leadership. the republican national committee even censored cheney and kinzinger for quote, participating in a democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. the kind of political discourse where you take a weapon to a cops head and bang it repeatedly. now, to their credit, seriously to their credit, cheney and kinzinger who s politics i do not like at all, were not deterred. and the bipartisan committee has remained determi