the end of the month. mccarthy, caught on tape talking about kicking trump out of office ran to mar-a-lago weeks later. chairman bennie thompson writing, you declined voluntary cooperation, and we re left with no choice but to issue thank you subpoena. in a letter sent asking for his cooperation in january, the committee said they wanted to talk to mccarthy about his, quote, conversations with president trump before, during, and after the violent january 6th attacks. mccarthy today slamming the committee s probe. look, my view on the committee has not changed. they re not conducting a legitimate investigation. it seems as though they just want to go after their political opponents. congressman scott perry having a similar thing today. the fact that they sent it to the press before they sent it to the members proves it s all about headlines. bennie thompson saying today he hopes they all comply, and so far there have not been conversations about contempt if they don t.
but putting them under oath and questioning them. neal, jim jordan dodged questions. did you talk to the president that day? i talked to the president umpteenth times. i mean january 6th. yes. i ve talked to the president i can t remember, but i talked to the president. did you speak with him before, during or after the capital was attacked? i spoke with him that day after. i don t know if i spoke with him in the morning or not. i just don t know. i subject you to that footage to ask you if the committee will be able to get the truth if he s deposed, or are we going to have more of that game? you can t watch that testimony and think that this guy s credible in any particular way. it s just a not convincing performance. he can t keep his misstatements and lies straight.
the end of the month. mccarthy, caught on tape talking about kicking trump out of office ran to mar-a-lago weeks later. chairman bennie thompson writing, you declined voluntary cooperation, and we re left with no choice but to issue thank you subpoena. in a letter sent asking for his cooperation in january, the committee said they wanted to talk to mccarthy about his, quote, conversations with president trump before, during, and after the violent january 6th attacks. mccarthy today slamming the committee s probe. look, my view on the committee has not changed. they re not conducting a legitimate investigation. it seems as though they just want to go after their political opponents. congressman scott perry having a similar thing today. the fact that they sent it to the press before they sent it to the members proves it s all
to me about the significant of congress subpoenaing their own colleagues. s awe heard representative raskin say, it s unprecedented. calling a member of their own for a subpoena, not a voluntary sitdown, but a subpoena is unprecedented. but you know what s also unprecedented? the plot to attack the capital and interrupt the peaceful transfer of power. for that reason, the stakes are high, and calling them with a subpoena is appropriate under the circumstances. interesting things about their compliance. do they comply or go after the legitimacy of the committee a we hear some of them do? the tables are going to be turned and they re going want to subpoena members of congress. they have to be careful they don t harm the institution. there is no executive privilege here. this is a question of people who have evidence and need to produce it to the committee that is legitimately investigating a very serious matter.
comply with the subpoena? i haven t even seen the subpoena. you have. doesn t that indicate something to you? indicates a hell of a lot to me. have you thought about submitting evidence to your constituents and to the public that exonerate you from the claims the committee staked against you? you re asking me to submit to prove a negative. and so we heard that word legitimate again, but trump s own family cooperated with interviews. here s how it s playing out on right-wing tv network. the his tir ya around the january 6th protests continues reaching new levels of insanity among the radical left. it s a story that s been thoroughly debunked repeat. i yet democrats in the mainstream med ya can t get enough of telling americans how trump supporters nearly brought down democracy in a violent attack on the capital. nothing could be further from the truth. joining me now, michael steele, former rnc chair and