Stan Brand, an ethics expert who served as House general counsel under Democratic Speaker Tip O'Neal, said such a move could be a "precedential danger" that future GOP-led committees could similarly attempt.
He also argued that lawmakers, unlike other witnesses, could argue that their actions around Jan. 6 were related to legislative activity, and protected under the speech and debate clause of the Constitution.
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