Lincoln Project co-founder and MSNBC contributor Steve Schmidt suggested on the network Friday that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., could be 'locked in a basement' by the House Sergeant at Arms until he agrees to testify for the Democrats’ Jan. 6 committee.
"The House should use every power that it has at its discretion, including an inherent contempt power that could see the sergeant at arms handcuff and detain Kevin McCarthy in a locked basement office until he wishes to testify," Schmidt claimed."There is no matter before the country more serious than this and being a minority leader, being the leader of Republicans, does not immunize you either from your duty or from complying with lawful subpoenas.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a key member of the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack, does a TV news interview, July 26, 2021.