attack on the capitol, republican congressman jim jordan has had a hard time explaining what kinds of communication he might have had with president trump that day. he s hemmed and hawed his way through questions about it for months now. today the january 6th investigation said they re seeking an interview with congressman jordan. they said, quote, we understand you have at least one and possibly multiple communications with president trump on january 6th. we would like to discuss each such communication with you in detail. congressman jordan is the second republican member of congress from whom the investigators are seeking information. yesterday republican congressman scott perry said he won t cooperate with the investigation, he won t voluntarily testify or give them documents. the investigators responded in a statement that says, quote, if members with directly relevant information decline to cooperate and instead endeavor to cover up, the select committee will consider seeking suc
that when those conversations happened. but but i what i know is i spoke with him all the time. ever since the january 6th attack on the capitol, republican congressman jim jordan has had a hard time explaining what kinds of communication he might have had with president trump that day. he s hemmed and hahhed his way through questions about it for months now. today the january 6th investigation said they re seeking an interview with congressman jordan. they said, quote, we understand you have at least one and possibly multiple communications with president trump on january 6th. we would like to discuss each such communication with you in detail. congressman jordan is the second republican member of congress from whom the investigators are seeking information. yesterday republican congressman scott perry said he won t cooperate with the investigation, he won t voluntarily testify or give them documents. the investigators responded in a statement that says, quote, if members with
this goes to justice being blind. someone refuses to come forth and voluntarily participate in a lawful process designed to uphold democracy, we will subpoena them. if they fail to compile with the subpoena, we ll refer for criminal contempt charges to the doj. that s democratic congressman jason crow making clear he ll back a subpoena for fellow house member scott perry for failing to cooperate with the investigation into january 6th. the january 6th committee has yet to officially subpoena the pennsylvania congressman but the panel spokesperson did say this, quote, the select committee prefers to gather relevant evidence for members corporatively but if members with relevant information decline to cooperate and endeavor to coverup, they will consider seeking such information using other tools end quote. with us for more is department of justice veteran and former acting solicitor general for the obama administration who argued dozens of cases before the supreme court. we always tur
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former republican congressman no longer affiliated with the party. let s start with them. this is the committee s statement on congressman scott perry today. it says representative perry has information directly relevant to our investigation if members with directly relevant information decline to cooperate and instead endeavor to cover up the select committee will consider seeking such information using other tools. joyce vance, other tools could mean another contempt of congress, citation for this man. he s a current representative. what could these folks who refuse to cooperate potentially be facing in terms of legal charges? i suspect what happens next here is a subpoena to sort of ratchet up the level of compulsion. so it seems very likely that they had a plan in advance and