Kevin McCarthy threatens telecom companies not to comply with Jan. 6 committee request for phone rec

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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy threatens telecom companies not to comply with Jan. 6 committee request for phone records, claiming it would violate federal law — “A Republican majority will not forget.”

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[FalloutShelter]

1. Hahaha....

Obstructing justice much?

[grumpyduck]

2. Er... um... does that sound like extortion

to anyone else?

[Budi]

6. Yup. And thrown down in public, no less.

How very mobster of him!

[Bev54]

13. They should just "accidentally" shut off all access to his devices.

[SheltieLover]

16. This!👆

[Champp]

3. Is he threatening to obstruct justice, or obstructing justice?

The whining of traitor Republicans will not prevail. Justice shall.

[MyOwnPeace]

12. "The whining of traitor Republicans will not prevail. Justice shall."

We should not hope - we should DEMAND!!!!

[Budi]

4. Obstruction of Justice. Via threats

[brush]

5. Boy, republicans are reallly worried about this.

Must be several prominent republicans who are complicit on what happened on Jan' 6.

If they weren't guilty there would be no complains. I must say they are some stupid MFers to have called, texted, emailed or any kind of social media insurrection instructions, info, excitement, locations of the Speaker and Pence or anything.

As if all records of any of that is not stored on servers on the cloud for fucking ever.

Hell, it's been drilled in our heads from when emailing first came out that you can erase emails from your screen but it still can be recovered from your computer or your provider's server. We've know that since the early 2000s when emailing jumped from use by scientists and tech people to the general public.

How did these dummies miss all of that?

[brewens]

10. I'm hoping they already have quite a bit from the insurrectionists. Wouldn't their phone records

have been part of their deals? Anyone that talked to republican members that day could have ratted.

[Generic Brad]

14. The internet is a series of tubes, you see

[brush]

23. Heeheehee! Right. Like those old radio tubes that can be broken.

[brewens]

7. Huh? Sounds like he thinks Congress getting those records would cause problems for his people.

What's up with that?

[gab13by13]

8. I just hope that our DOJ

is investigating this, it has the clout. The select committee can investigate and turn up evidence but it is up to the DOJ to file criminal charges.

[kacekwl]

19. They are all

over it I'm sure.

[berniesandersmittens]

9. Shut the fuck up Kevin nt

[Hekate]

11. Oooo, Kevin, are you worried, Kevin?

[BlueJac]

15. A bag of hot air ...

And a worthless turd.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Hey McCarthy

[lpbk2713]

18. They all have teams of lawyers working for them.

It's part of their job to advise what violates the law.
Go pound sand doofus.

[Nevilledog]

20. Ted Lieu response

Link to tweet

Tweet text:
Ted Lieu
@tedlieu
18 U.S. Code § 1505: “Whoever…by any threatening letter or communication…endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede…the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any…investigation is being had by either House…Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned…”

Hugo Lowell
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New: House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy threatens telecom companies to not comply with Jan. 6 committee request for phone records, claiming it would violate federal law — “A Republican majority will not forget.”
4:17 PM · Aug 31, 2021

[uponit7771]

25. +1

[greenjar_01]

21. There must have been non-stop coordination between Trump, Oath Keepers, and GOP Congress

Good Lord!

[global1]

22. Typical Of Repugs - Continuing To Break The Law.....

I guess they just figure they'll never be held accountable for anything - so why not try and obstruct justice.

[spanone]

24. A traitor to Democracy.

Throw his ass out of Congress.

[bdamomma]

26. Oh

you're not too guilty, huh Kevin???

You know the whole cover up.

[Hotler]

27. Sure glad the Committe is asking for the phone records, wouldn't want to bother the DOJ.

Taking a stand against fascism is messy.