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
crimes together. so, now i suggest that ups the ante on the mccarthy of the world, if they decide to refuse to testify against donald trump, when a federal judge has already announced by a preponderance that actually constitutes to federal felonies in and of itself, if you refused to come forward and talk about the crimes that have been committed against the united states. accessory after the fact and misfortune of a felony. which we haven t talked about a lot. that comes directly into play, because a crime has been committed that is cognizable by a court of the united states, and you can seal it? which is wet mccarthy and the others would be doing if they refused to testify. you have committed a three-year federal felony. we ve also got evidence, in some of the letters, of just the degree of plotting that was happening. particularly this one sort of threat here is scott perry, about the attempt to get
which we all saw, as to why the committee investigating the insurrection would want to speak to him. on that list of house republicans subpoenaed, today is at least one somewhat scott perry, of pennsylvania. he was one of the central figures in trump s plot to stay in power. he figures quite prominently in the senate judiciary report on the efforts to overturn the election, beyond amplify and trump s false election fraud claims, working to prevent his own constituents votes from being certified. he acknowledged introducing jeffrey clark to trump. clark is a key figure, remember, he was in the department of justice, he was the official essentially tried to pull off a coup in a department of justice, where he would strong-arm the acting attorney general into leaving, or at least stealing the election by sending out these official letters to the department of justice. saying, quote, georgia and several other states that it was investigating voting irregularities, and recommend that ea
pardons, which i think is also interesting because it reflects a little bit of consciousness of guilt in the aftermath of this, this is reading from the committee s letter to representative andy biggs. sorry, not scott perry, this is andy biggs, sorry about that. recent information from former white house personnel has identified an effort by certain house republicans after january 6th to seek a presidential pardon, for activities taken in connection with president trump s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. your name was identified as a potential participant in that effort. we don t know that much about it, we ve only sort of seen this a little bit obscured for through reporting. but, the seeking of pardons strikes me is quite significant in terms of what it shows about their consciousness of the gravity of what they had possibly participated in. yeah, exactly, you don t need a pardon for a peaceful protest, or a normal tourist visit. you need a pardon
tonight on all in. it is highly unusual the way she was subpoenaed. what do you say? subpoenas for five sitting members of congress, including the leader of the republicans. i think that he has important information that needs to be part of any investigation. tonight, what this escalation means for the investigation at the hearings approaching, and what the committee now wants to know 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