{"id":1212609,"date":"2022-01-12T21:49:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T02:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1212609"},"modified":"2022-01-12T21:49:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T02:49:39","slug":"i-have-nothing-else-to-add-kevin-mccarthy-wont-participate-in-january-6-committees-abuse-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-have-nothing-else-to-add-kevin-mccarthy-wont-participate-in-january-6-committees-abuse-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Have Nothing Else To Add\u2019: Kevin McCarthy Won\u2019t Participate In January 6 Committee\u2019s \u2018Abuse Of Power\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-have-nothing-else-to-add-kevin-mccarthy-wont-participate-in-january-6-committees-abuse-of-power%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1212609&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) released a statement Wednesday calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) January 6 Committee \u201cillegitimate\u201d and saying that he would not participate in its \u201cabuse of power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis committee is&nbsp;not conducting a legitimate investigation,\u201d McCarthy said, according to Fox News congressional reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1481447182800769024\">Chad Pergram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now it wants to interview me about public statements that have been shared with the world, and private conversations not remotely related to the&nbsp;violence that unfolded at the Capitol,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1481447184172257284\">McCarthy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1481447185107537922\">added<\/a>. \u201cI have nothing else to add. As a representative and the leader of the minority party, it is with neither regret nor satisfaction that I have concluded to not participate with this select committee\u2019s&nbsp;abuse of power that stains this institution today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the comments Pergram reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/kevin-mccarthy-im-kicking-3-democrats-off-their-committees-if-republicans-win-back-house-in-2022\/\">McCarthy<\/a> released a full statement on his decision not to cooperate with the committee\u2019s requests.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pelosi\u2019s select committee is illegitimate.<\/p>\n<p>Read my statement here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UKVYoFmLMo\">https:\/\/t.co\/UKVYoFmLMo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1481442488053284868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis committee is&nbsp;not conducting a legitimate investigation as Speaker Pelosi took the unprecedented action of rejecting the Republican members I named to serve on the committee. It is not serving any legislative purpose. The committee\u2019s only objective is to attempt to damage its political opponents \u2013 acting like the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee one day and the DOJ the next,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/republicanleader.house.gov\/leader-mccarthys-statement-about-pelosis-illegitimate-select-committee\/\">McCarthy wrote<\/a>, referencing Pelosi\u2019s unilateral decision to bar his selected representatives \u2014 Congressmen <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/jim-jordan-rejects-january-6-committees-unprecedented-and-inappropriate-request-for-interview\/\">Jim Jordan<\/a> (R-OH) and Jim Banks (R-IN) \u2014 from serving on the committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee has demanded testimony from staffers who applied for First Amendment permits. It has subpoenaed the call records of private citizens and&nbsp;their financial records from banks while demanding secrecy not supported by law. It has lied about the contents of documents it has received. It has held individuals in contempt of Congress for exercising their Constitutional right to avail themselves of judicial proceedings. And now it wants to interview me about public statements that have been shared with the world, and private conversations not remotely related to the&nbsp;violence that unfolded at the Capitol. I have nothing else to add,\u201d McCarthy continued. \u201cAs a representative and the leader of the minority party, it is with neither regret nor satisfaction that I have concluded to not participate with this select committee\u2019s&nbsp;abuse of power that stains this institution today and will harm it going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan also drafted a letter to the January 6 Committee, saying that he had nothing to add.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aAlnLX0CTk\">pic.twitter.com\/aAlnLX0CTk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1480329304936529921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jordan panned the committee\u2019s claim that he was a \u201cmaterial witness\u201d and rebuffed the request for his communications and testimony as \u201cfar outside the bounds of any legitimate inquiry,\u201d that it \u201cviolates core Constitutional principles, and would serve to further erode legislative norms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if I had information to share with the Select Committee, the actions and statements of Democrats in the House of Representatives show that you are not conducting a fair-minded and objective inquiry,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) released a statement Wednesday calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) January 6 Committee \u201cillegitimate\u201d and saying that he would not participate in its \u201cabuse of power.\u201d \u201cThis committee is\u00a0not conducting a legitimate investigation,\u201d McCarthy said, according to Fox News congressional reporter Chad Pergram. \u201cAnd now it wants to interview &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1212609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1212609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1212609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1212609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1212609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}