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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Kevin McCarthy refuses to comply with January 6 attack panel subpoena

Kevin McCarthy stares past the camera, wearing a blue suit.
Kevin McCarthy, House minority leader, has refused to comply with a subpoena from the Capitol attack committee. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the House, indicated on Friday to the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack that he would not cooperate with a subpoena unless he could review deposition topics and the legal rationale justifying the request.

The California congressman’s response adopts an adversarial position similar to other subpoenaed Republican Congress members, and it sets a conundrum for the panel over whether to entertain the requests that also challenge the January 6 inquiry’s legitimacy.

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