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.
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.
that i ve heard representative swalwell say, and representative raskin say, is that there is information that has not been made public. so i think that sort of explosive information can be more compelling, perhaps, than what we ve seen in the past. betsy, you have to break the news at several rnc staffers speaking with the january six committee. what are the rnc s potential ties to the insurrection? what s the select committee in particular is interested in, in regards to the rnc, is its digital operation and its fund raising operations. so specifically, the people that they re talking to have knowledge about the way that the rnc raised money by sending out fundraising claiming falsely, spreading the lie, that their election has been stolen from president donald trump. now, former president donald trump. we know that the select committee is really interested in the way that that light percolated, the way it spread,
debate is under way on the house floor as we prepare for a vote. the first housewide vote on the rules of an impeachment inquiry going forward. this jamie raskin here, democrat from maryland. let s listen in. that includes the ability to attend hearings, question witnesses and submit evidence. as recently as friday, the federal courts reaffirmed the house is the sole judge of imp people t eachment. we will defend the constitution of the unitedstates. early on we heard representative raskin say that the president placed his political interests over the country s interests with regard to pressure applied to ukraine. prior to that, republican devin nunes accused democrats of being in a cult. his words there. let s get reaction from the white house on today s developments. cnn senior washington oh, let s listen to jim jordan who has just taken the chair. hold on, john.