mccarthy and perhaps not surprisingly he is refusing to cooperate. he says the probe is an abuse of power and he calls it illegitimate. a jarring 180 from this comment that mccarthy made last may. would you be willing to testify about your conversation with donald trump on january 6th if you were asked by an outside commission sure. next question. so even with that, i doubt the committee ever really believed mccarthy would answer anything. what is significant, though, is if you really look at this letter sent by the committee chair bennie thompson, the committee meticulously lays out this road map for what they re investigating and really what they found already. what was trump doing during the hours of the insurrection, what did trump do after to shape or maybe change the story. this letter cites an interview that mccarthy gave to cbs during the insurrection where mccarthy admitted to speaking with trump, asking trump to tell the rioters to stop. in a cnn exclusive, liz chen