merelygifted:

Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy finally found something about Jan. 6 he will never forget: Telecom companies that turn over the phone records of GOP lawmakers to the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol siege.

“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,” McCarthy said in a statement Tuesday.  “A Republican majority will not forget,“ he added.

Naturally, McCarthy doesn’t exactly have a handle on the facts.  It’s not just Democrats, since the committee is bipartisan; nothing has been ordered yet, the panel simply asked some 30 telecom and social media companies to preserve the records of Donald Trump, his family members, and his GOP allies; and finally, there’s nothing unlawful about complying with a congressional subpoena.  In fact, if the companies were subpoenaed, they would be legally bound to respond.  …