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
republican in the house. minority leader kevin mccarthy of california. and of course, that is the guy who is poised to become speaker of the house, should republicans win the house in the midterm elections. they also issued subpoenas for four of his colleagues, and in fact, their colleagues. jim jordan of ohio, mel brooks 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
referral, which does carry jail time monday heavy fine. and they have used against for different potential witnesses, including a former member of the house, mark meadows. so, they have been very reluctant to say that this is where this could potentially go, and maybe they won t ever take that step, but that is the threat that is hanging over someone s head when the issue a subpoena. if you talk to some of the witnesses that have gone for the january 6th committee that did not want to go, they all say i did not have $10, 000, or $100, 000, i don t have enough money to have a criminal charge. so i went and i testified, and they gave them whatever emails, and texts i had, and that was that. so, that same threat does know exist for the members of congress who have received these subpoenas. now, they have a little bit of a better argument than just a random witness because there are certain protections and the constitution for members of congress, especially for hauling them into court ove
probably lose the house, and that issues the republicans and former president trump have long been hammering, like joe biden s business dealings, and his lap tops, will be totally fair game in their eyes for investigations, for subpoenas, and also that it sets a precedent if republicans do not show up in this case, then what the democrats do when they are subpoenaed. if republicans show up and completely stonewall, and are not helpful, is that what democrats then do when the people and finally, you saw a lot of these january six asking what s next? what if they don t show up for their testimony? will they hold them in contempt, which would be even more unprecedented for a sitting member of congress. so there is going to be a bar, and a precedent set here, that a red line drawn that members of both parties will remember going forward. presidents matters.
how do you opponent gets tonight s last word, the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. 11t hour with stephani e tonight, an unprecedented move from the january 6th committee. subpoenas issued to five of their own, including the house as top republican. it is all too little too late. and escalating threats from the kremlin, what it all could mean for the war in ukraine. plus, the inside story of last years gamestop surge. we created the new msnbc documentary on how real life players took on wall street as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. 180 days from the midterm elections. and just hours ago, the january six committee did something never before done. less than a month before public