The House Freedom Caucus and Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., held a news conference outside the Capitol to call on the Attorney General to release the findings of the investigation into the 2020 election.
The first lawmaker to be asked to answer questions from the investigation of the Capitol riot was Rep. Scott Perry.
The congressional select committee is illegitimate and not duly constituted under the rules of the House.
I decline this entity's request.
The House panel is looking into the January 6 invasion of the Capitol, when hundreds of Donald Trump's supporters forced lawmakers to flee their chambers. The mob was spurred by Trump's false claim that the 2020 election was rigged against him.
The Republican lawmakers voted to challenge the Electoral College results of a key state won by Biden after the rioters were cleared out of the Capitol.
The chairman of the Select Committee wrote a letter Monday asking for a meeting with the members and the handing over of records, including his communications with Trump and his legal team.
The Select Committee respects the privacy of Congress and its Members. We have a solemn responsibility to investigate all of the facts and circumstances.
The congressman was linked to Jeffrey Clark, a former Department of Justice official who has clashed with the select committee's efforts to have him testify as part of the probe.
A spokesman for the investigation did not respond to CNBC's request for comment.
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