Will J6 committee make criminal referrals of lawmakers: McCarthy, Jordan, Perry, Biggs & Brooks? -GK

[TexasTowelie]

We've been focused on the question of whether the January 6 House select committee investigating the insurrection will refer former President Donald Trump to the Department of Justice for prosecution. But we have focused less on another critically important question: will the committee refer for prosecution its fellow members of Congress - Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, Andy Biggs and Mo Brooks - for the crimes they committed when they defied congressional subpoenas. Those crimes include contempt of Congress, obstructing a congressional investigation/official proceeding, and perhaps others.

Members of the committee have ruminated about whether, instead of referring their fellow lawmakers to the DOJ for prosecution, they should simply refer them to a congressional ethics committee for investigation.

This video argues that allowing Congress to police itself - by referring the five representatives who defied subpoenas in their efforts to conceal the evidence of Trump's crimes - will undermine public confidence in any investigating. It's beyond rational dispute that organizations generally do a poor job of policing misconduct it their own ranks. Just think of how the US Supreme Court has failed to adequately address the misconduct of Justices Thomas and Alito.

Members of Congress who defy subpoenas and violate the law should be referred the DOJ and must be criminally investigated and held accountable in a court of law.

[SoCalDavidS]

1. No

Only to the “Ethics” committee, where it will go nowhere.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Yesterday he said that the former president will be held responsible

And it's important that the elected officials who colluded with him be held just as responsible as the violent rioters - who are now in jail.