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.
so, you know, i expect more of that. i think the hard thing for them is at some point, they keep on saying, we re afraid to testify. they keep on slinging mud at the committee or this and that, but the bottom line is they just never want to go in under oath and tell the truth. that s the thing they re afraid of. and you know, my suspicion is, for a good reason, because the jim jordans of the world and others were involved in this stuff and they re afraid of it coming out. but the committee has the powers, and have today taken the most important step in trying to get that information to the american people. yeah, and it s a reminuteder that the threat is not past tense, it s in the in the rear-view. it is very much live and active now. thank you so much for getting us started. coming up, the supreme court s first meeting since the leak odd roe draft decision, and a big legal setback for maga governor ron des december as he trays to redraw the voting map.