Kinzinger Signals Support to Subpoena These Two GOP Leaders

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One of the only two Republican representatives on Nancy Pelosi’s Jan. 6th committee signaled support to subpoena top Republicans to testify. Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger said that he expected a “significant amount” of subpoenas, alluding to the possibility of calling on House Republican Leader McCarthy or former President Donald Trump.

Politico reports:

Kinzinger, who along with Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is serving on the committee to the frustration of many in their own party, wouldn’t go into further details on who the panel could subpoena, but said, “We want to do this expeditiously. … What led up to it, what really happened and what happened in the aftermath.”

On the potential for subpoenaing prominent Republicans including former President Donald Trump and those who spoke to him on Jan. 6, such as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Kinzinger said: “I would support subpoenas to anyone that can shed light on that. If that’s the leader, that’s the leader.”

“I want to know what the president was doing every moment that day. … I want to know if the National Guard took five or six hours to get to Capitol Hill. Did the president make calls? If he didn’t, why?” Kinzinger said.

The congressman largely deferred on what would happen in the event a subpoena is rejected, saying it would likely be a matter for the committee lawyers.

“If anybody is scared of this investigation, I ask you, what are you afraid of? If you think it wasn’t a big deal, you should allow this to go forward,” Kinzinger said. “We may not have to talk to Donald Trump. … If he has unique information that’s one thing. There’s a lot of people around him that know something.”

Senator Susan Collins recently criticized the credibility behind Pelosi’s select panel after she vetoed two of Rep. McCarthy’s nominees.



  1. Kinzinger dried his tears now he’s running off at the mouth. I can’t wait till the Republican party finally wakes up and gets rid of the RINOS and Fake Republicans. Only then will the Republican party make any headway.

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