Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs says he is looking forward to setting the record straight in response to the J6 Committee’s decision to refer him to the House Ethics Committee for punishment for his decision to refuse to comply with the Committee’s subpoenas.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan and Scott Perry were also referred to the Ethics Committee.
“An eleventh-hour referral to the House Ethics Committee proves the sham J6 Committee never truly needed our testimony,” said Biggs in a tweeted statement. “They only wanted the testimony to have the ability to edit and misconstrue our statements to further their own false narratives, as they did with so many other witnesses.”
“This referral is their final political stunt. It’s inappropriate to use the House Ethics Committee– a committee with more pressing matters to attend to – to help reach the J6 Committee’s predetermined conclusions,” continued Biggs.
“The J6 Committee has defamed my name and my character, and I look forward to reviewing the documents, publishing their lies, and setting the record straight in the 118th Congress,” concluded Biggs.
My response to the J6 Committee's ethics referral. pic.twitter.com/y6CWp4n8HX
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) December 19, 2022
According to Politico, it “is seen as unlikely” that the Ethics Committee would take action against the members.
The J6 Committee also referred former President Donald Trump, former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, and Kenneth Chesebro to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
“This is just another partisan and political stunt made by a select committee that knowingly altered evidence [and] blocked minority representation on a committee for the first time in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives,” spokesman for Congressman Jordan, Russell Dye, told The Ohio Press Network.