Kevin McCarthy threatens telecom companies over request from January 6 committee

Washington – House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy warned a group of private companies that Republicans will "not forget" if they comply with a request to preserve documents from the House select committee investigating the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

McCarthy said in a statement posted to Twitter on Tuesday that letters from the January 6 panel sent to 35 social media, telecommunications and email companies this week would "put every American with a phone or computer in the crosshairs of a surveillance state run by Democrat politicians." "If these companies comply with the Democrat order to turn over private information, they are in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the United States," he said. "If companies still choose to violate federal law, a Republican majority will not forget and will stand with Americans to hold them fully accountable under the law."