McCarthy’s Jan. 6 committee gamble faces big test this spring – By Scott Wong (NBC News) / April 10, 2022
As the panel prepares to hold televised hearings, Kevin McCarthy’s decision to boycott the committee could give Democrats a stronger hand as Republicans watch from the sidelines.
WASHINGTON — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy says he has no regrets about having Republicans boycott the special committee probing the Jan. 6 riot, dismissing the investigation as a political hit job.
“This is nothing but a political show,” McCarthy told NBC News in an interview last week just off the House floor. “They already have the report written and they’re trying to create a narrative for it instead of trying to get to the truth.”
But with the Jan. 6 committee preparing to shift next month from the investigative phase to public, televised hearings, McCarthy’s decision last summer to shun the panel will face perhaps its biggest test.
