person out of bounds is the speaker. playing politics. because he s trying to memory hold the entire thing under layers of mock outrage, here s what really happened. mccarthy wrote a letter to speaker pelosi in late february, demanding three conditions, co-equal subpoena power and no predetermined conclusions. pelosi agreed. but then in may, mccarthy was trying to whip votes against the commission that he requested, 35 house republicans defected. and when pelosi unilaterally created the special commission, mccarthy tried to appoint republicans who believed the big lie. jim jordan, who had been trying to overturn the election with trump and jim banks. pelosi rejected these two poison pill participants and then mccarthy pulled all his picks. spare us the crocodile tears, congressman. likewise, mccarthy s claim that they can only investigate for purpose ignores congressional