January 6 panel urges ethics review for Republican leader Kevin McCarthy

Another GOP member who ignored a committee subpoena, Rep Mo Brooks of Alabama who is leaving Congress after this year, was not cited by the panel.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (J Scott Applewhite/AP/PA)

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and three other Republican politicians should face ethics investigations for their refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas, the House January 6 committee said on Monday in the culmination of a months-long standoff over their testimony.

The committee had issued subpoenas in May for the testimony of Mr McCarthy — who is vying to become House speaker in January — as well as Jim Jordan of Ohio, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, and Andy Biggs of Arizona, saying all had crucial information to share about the January 6 attack and the actions of former president Donald Trump.