House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday defended his decision to keep California Democrats Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff off the House Intelligence Committee – arguing that Schiff “openly lied” about the Russian election interference and a disturbing briefing he received from the FBI on Swalwell.
“If you got the briefing I got from the FBI, you wouldn’t have Swalwell on any committee,” McCarthy said in the press conference after one reporter questioned MCarthy’s commitment to allowing Democrats to pick their own committee membership.
“And you’re going to tell me other Democrats couldn’t fill that slot? He cannot get a security clearance in the private sector,” McCarthy said. “So would you like to give him a government clearance?”
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