peers, is here to discuss the most famous role in american theater. would it were a black salesman trying to navigate in a white capitalist world? welcome to the show. i m mehdi hassan. we start with that big news from the january six committee. they have finally issued subpoenas to their house republican colleagues, including the top house republican, kevin mccarthy. you know, the one who said he would urge donald trump to step down because of his role in inciting the riot, but then fell in line and has worked to undermine the 16 investigation, ever since. he s being subpoenaed. subpoenas also went out to alabama congressman moe brooks, who urged rally goers on 16 to kick it as, just hours before the riot began. and to jim jordan, who had a ten minute phone call with president trump on the morning of january the 6th.
mccarthy and representatives andy biggs, moe brooks, jim jordan and scott perry. they have until late may tourist back to subpoenas, which are largely shrouded in secrecy. we re going to nbc s allie raffa, who is going to bring us the latest on all of. this again, ali, i apologize for interrupting you if the president takes the podium. we ll take a quick break but away. but that, point this penis have been issued. so, what s next? right now, alex, it s a waiting game to see if any of these five comply with the subpoenas, as you mentioned, before the end of the month. right, now they haven t said whether they would, but is appearing on likely. because they ve condemned the committee and its probe, and they ve all been asked previously to voluntarily answer questions before the committee and all of them have refused. so, if they indeed do not comply with the subpoenas, that committee is left with very few options. the first of which is to refer this to the house ethics committee. this
not even exist until 1967. and in most of the 55 years of the house ethics committee s existence, the committee has not issued a single subpoena to a member of the house. that s a typical year. in the house of representatives. i m trying, and i know i m failing to convey here just how shocking, how monumentally historic it is that on this day in history, by those the house of representatives including the republican leader of the house of representatives were subpoenaed by a house committee. that is not the ethics committee. the committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol sent identical letters accompanying subpoenas to kevin mccarthy, jim jordan, moe brooks, andy biggs, and scott penny. each letter to the members receiving the subpoena said, we have a solemn responsibility to investigate fully the facts and circumstances of the violent attack on the united states capitol and issues relating to the peaceful transfer of power.
tears and fortunes, and sometimes their lives, to give us, their descendants, but america is the greatest nation in world history, so i have a question for you. are you willing to do the same? that was alabama republican congressman moe brooks, at donald trump s ellipse rally on january six 2021, and there is no confusion, given that tape 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
not issued a single subpoena to a member of the house. that s a typical year. in the house of representatives. i m trying, and i know i m failing to convey here just how shocking, how monumentally historic it is that on this day in history, by those the house of representatives including the republican leader of the house of representatives were subpoenaed by a house committee. that is not the ethics committee. the committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol sent identical letters accompanying subpoenas to kevin mccarthy, jim jordan, moe brooks, andy biggs, and scott penny. each letter to the members receiving the subpoena said, we have a solemn responsibility to investigate fully the facts and circumstances of the violent attack on the united states capitol and issues relating to the peaceful transfer of power. a solemn responsibility. i note in the age of trump,