Reps. Bennie Thompson (right) and Liz Cheney, joined by fellow committee members, speak to the media after a July 27 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. /Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL | The Hill
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) is requesting “additional information concerning the rationale” for his subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
In a five-page letter dated last Wednesday to the panel’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), two attorneys representing Biggs outlined objections against the committee and requested information connected to the subpoena.
The investigative committee earlier this month issued subpoenas to Biggs and four other GOP congressmen, all of whom had previously received requests to voluntarily testify before the panel. The lawmakers, however, refused that opportunity, which prompted the subpoenas.
The lawyers are now asking that the committee “facilitate Congressman Biggs’ preparation for any deposition by sharing more information about its intended scope and any documentary exhibits you anticipate using.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who were also issued subpoenas by the committee, have both made similar requests in recent days and criticized the panel.
Reached for comment on Biggs’s letter, committee spokesperson Tim Mulvaney referred The Hill to a statement on Friday regarding McCarthy’s response to the panel. Mulvaney at the time said subpoenaed lawmakers “are hiding behind debunked arguments and baseless requests for special treatment.”
“The refusal of these Members to cooperate is a continued assault on the rule of law and sets a dangerous new precedent that could hamper the House’s ability to conduct oversight in the future,” he added.
Thompson will formally respond to the lawmakers in the coming days, according to Mulvaney.
