It wasn't just criminal referrals: Jan. 6 Cmte. referred four House Republicans to Ethics Committee for ignoring congressional subpoenas. (via MaddowBlog)
Alongside the criminal referrals to the DOJ, the Jan. 6 committee members also voted to send four of their colleagues to the House Ethics Committee for sanction. Each of the four — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Ohio’s Jim Jordan, Pennsylvania’s Scott Perry and Arizona’s Andy Biggs — received subpoenas from the committee to testify but opted to shrug them off.
The Maryland congressman added, “None of the subpoenaed members complied, and we are now referring four members of Congress for appropriate sanction by the House Ethics Committee for failure to comply with lawful subpoenas.”of the Jan. 6 committee’s report also added, “The Rules of the House of Representatives make clear that their willful noncompliance violates multiple standards of conduct and subjects them to discipline. ...
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