Jan. 6 Panel Refers McCarthy, Three Other Republicans for Ethics Violations

[Hissyspit]

Source: Politico

The Jan. 6 select committee says four House Republicans — including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy — violated congressional ethics rules by defying subpoenas for testimony and documents.

The panel referred the lawmakers for a review by the bipartisan ethics committee, which is seen as unlikely to take action against the members. In addition to McCarthy, three other lawmakers were referred for defying subpoenas: Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.).

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/19/jan-6-ethics-violations-00074599

[AllaN01Bear]

1. ohm myyyy.

[YoshidaYui]

13. RIGHT?

[groundloop]

2. "which is seen as unlikely to take action" - then why bother?

I'm sure the GQPers will equate no action taken against them to them being innocent.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

9. Politicos opinion...good as yours or mine, mates! We shall see. Or ethics should be removed from

name of this committee.

[leftieNanner]

3. They did not announce this at the Committee Session today

Interesting.

Naming names.

[louis-t]

4. The so-called 'ethics committee' will make defying subpoenas

the norm?

[onecaliberal]

5. Indeed, but that means whatever bullshit hearings they call our people can also just ignore.

[louis-t]

6. Dems generally have nothing to hide, so

it's still best to answer subpoenas and show that repugs don't.

[onecaliberal]

10. I know we're not hiding anything.

The election just told them everyone is sick of their shit but they don’t care.

[LakeArenal]

7. Hillary sat for inquisition 11 hours straight.

That’s the correct model for innocent people.

[MichMan]

12. Both Eric Holder and William Barr ignored congressional subpoenas.

I dont recall that any of them were ever enforced and neither one ever showed up.

[bronxiteforever]

15. Incorrect. Those individuals were not members of Congress.

The Ethics Committee has many functions, but they all revolve around the standards of ethical conduct for members of the House.
Neither Barr or Holder were subject to the jurisdiction of The House Ethics Committee.
The point is these Congresscritters are being referred to the House Ethics Committee for failing to honor the subpoena of their own body (the House) at the time they were serving.

[Martin68]

8. Here we go!

[republianmushroom]

11. this is a joke, no. What ethics do they have ?

McCarthy wants to be speaker and has an ethic violation, but this may make him a shoe in
with the rest of the republicans. Who knows

[Zilli]

21. My exact thought

In the new rethug congress any referral to their, laughable, committee will likely result in a reward and praise and a condemnation and, as promised, a thorough investigation of the work of the J6 Committee and a determination that absolutely nothing happen and the large crowd was just some enthusiastic supporters of 45 who just wanted to say hello and visit the heart of our Democracy. Then the remaining members of the J6 Committee will be referred to the DOJ for criminal conduct. This is the the view from my desk in the flats of Oakland,

[drray23]

14. the referrals to the ethics violation commitee is pretty much a non starter

The republicans will control that committee. What are the odds that they will punish their own ?
Pretty close to zero. I expect to hear howling about witch hunt.

[Genki Hikari]

22. The committee is divided equally

Regardless of which party controls the chamber. It's four of each party, no matter what.

The current committee consists of:

Democrats

Chairwoman Susan Wild, Pennsylvania

Dean Phillips, Minnesota

Veronica Escobar, Texas

Mondaire Jones, New York

r thugs

Acting Ranking Member Michael Guest, Mississippi

Dave Joyce, Ohio

John H. Rutherford, Florida

Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota

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Not that it will make any difference who's in charge of the House. I doubt that one of the r thugs on the committee would flip on any of their colleagues.

But it is important to understand how the committee's composition is independent of which party is in charge of the House.

[Hassler]

16. Aren't ethics investigations evenly split between parties, unlike usual committees

[Genki Hikari]

23. Yes

Democrats

Chairwoman Susan Wild, Pennsylvania

Dean Phillips, Minnesota

Veronica Escobar, Texas

Mondaire Jones, New York

rthugs

Acting Ranking Member Michael Guest, Mississippi

Dave Joyce, Ohio

John H. Rutherford, Florida

Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota

[Marcuse]

17. Secret probation

[tinymontgomery]

18. Show up when they issue the subpoenas

Show up when they issue the subpoenas and then every time they ask a question answer back
why didn't the republicans show up to answer questions. Answer that way every time a republican ask, only
answer the Democrat's questions. What are the republicans going to do, yell, scream, cry. Make them
waste their time.

[LymphocyteLover]

19. all we can do is try

[lefthandedskyhook]

20. This list is much too short

At least it is something. These four can rot