By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday issued a veiled threat to companies that cooperate with the House select committee investigating the deadly January 6 riot at the US Capitol, warning that “a Republican majority will not forget.”
“If these companies comply with the Democrat order to turn over private information, they are in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the United States,” the California Republican said in a statement he posted to Twitter. “If companies still choose to violate federal law, a Republican majority will not forget and will stand with Americans to hold them fully accountable under the law.”
McCarthy’s office would not provide CNN with a specific federal statute that a company would be in violation of if it complied with a duly empaneled congressional committee.
California Democrat Eric Swalwell tweeted a strong response, writing, “McCarthy just made the Congressional equivalent of a ‘Snitches Get Stitches’ threat. When people do that in our communities we hold them accountable. If we have no law and order we’ve lost everything.”
In a statement to CNN, Swalwell went even further, saying: “I think we should consider a criminal referral for witness tampering/intimidation and obstruction of justice. I’ve prosecuted people for doing less on smaller scale cases.”
McCarthy’s threat to companies could run afoul of a House rule prohibiting members from acting in ways that...
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