GOP Reps object to J6 Inquisition subpoenas

Reps. Scott Perry (R‑PA) and Andy Biggs (R‑AZ) are objecting to their subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The committee had sought testimony from the duo by Tuesday regarding their alleged involvement in efforts to subvert the 2020 election, but the pair sent letters to the committee objecting to those subpoenas Thursday, sources told CNN.
“That this illegitimate body leaked their latest charade to the media ahead of contacting targeted members is proof once again that this political witch hunt is about fabricating headlines and distracting Americans from their abysmal record of running America into the ground,” Perry tweeted last week in response to the subpoena.
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Both Perry and Biggs were subpoenaed earlier this month alongside House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Jim Jordan (R‑OH), and Rep. Mo Brooks (R‑AL). The committee sought voluntary cooperation from the congressmen, but they declined. Biggs panned the move as “pure political theater” and noted the media reported the subpoenas before he received one.

IMPORTANT THREAD: Today’s actions by the illegitimate January 6 Committee are pure political theater. The subpoenas and news of their issuance were leaked to the media before the impacted Members.— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) May 12, 2022

The subpoena of McCarthy, the top Republican in Congress, was unprecedented. McCarthy has been coy about whether he would comply with the subpoena but stressed his belief the committee was targeting political opponents. Brooks similarly dismissed the committee as a witch hunt following the subpoena. Jordan fired back at the panel Wednesday, listing a bevy of demands for the committee to win his compliance.
Twenty former House Republicans urged the five subpoenaed congressmen to comply with the requests in …

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