we hold our hearings next month we wish to provide members the opportunity to discuss these matters with the committee voluntarily. regrettably, the individuals receiving subpoenas today have refused and we are forced to take this step to make sure the committee uncovers facts concerning january 6th. we urge our colleagues to comply with the law and do their patriotic duty and cooperate with our investigation as hundreds of other witnesses have done, and the committee lays out in clear detail just why they need the testimony of these five congressmen pointing to their roles in multiple aspects of the trump coup plot. the committee writes this about jim jordan, representative jim jordan was in communication with trump on january 6th and participated in meetings and discussions throughout late 2020 and early 2021 about strategies for overturning the 2020 election. regarding scott perry, the committee says, he was, quote, directly involved with efforts to corrupt the department
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.
msnbc coverage for donald trump s camille trial. next, a conversation at the apollo. isn t it great to be at the apollo! . i grew up coming to this place so many times and tonight, especially, i thought about when i was coming in backstage. i have been on this stage for godfather of soul james brown who was like a father and michael jackson and the list goes on. tonight, you will have something that is special at the apollo. you are going to have two icons that are going to talk about their work and talk about what they do in this country that is so needed at this time. it couldn t be a better night at the apollo. this is not just a great show tonight but this is history. [ applause ] [ cheering ] so it is my honor and my pleasure that i can t tonight bring you the godfather of soul, but i bring you the godmother. rachel maddow. [ applause ] i got you on that one. [ applause ] [ cheering ] wow! how are you doing? i am so nervous. fantastic! fantastic. thank you all for
dana: you know if you re going to win with me it s a dog story. i have a little bit of time, till he was on your shows this weekend. i ve got walter kern, it s all about political correctness. it s going to be a blast, trust me. are you are feeling what your secret trip was last night? i went to shakespeare in the park where they assassinated a trump look-alike and i interviewed people afterwards and you re going to see a lot of very shocking responses, a lot of reviews and i m going to be there and i think i m going to top that. dana: i don t know. i m a nervous five sit between you. i tried to be nice to everybody. if you don t think me it s over.
story. i have a little bit of time, till he was on your shows this weekend. i ve got walter kern, it s all about political correctness. it s going to be a blast, trust me. are you are feeling what your secret trip was last night? i went to shakespeare in the park where they assassinated a trump look-alike and i interviewed people afterwards and you re going to see a lot of very shockingte responses, a lot of reviews and i m going to be there and i think i m going to top that. dana: i don t know. i m a nervous five sit between you. i tried to be nice to everybody. if you don t think me it s over. i m going to go with greg. robots win.