The Jan. 6 Committee recommended the House Ethics Committee investigate Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep Andy Biggs and Rep. Scott Perry.

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Aside from recommending the Justice Department prosecute Donald Trump, the House committee investigating the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021 recommended House Ethics Committee inquiries for four Republican lawmakers who defied the panel’s subpoenas.

The move is provocative because the list includes Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, who is in line to become the next speaker in January, and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the incoming chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Each of the lawmakers called the committee illegitimate for how it was organized and partisan.

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