Jail Time? Ex-Prosecutor Names The Law Kevin McCarthy Should Be Worried About.

A former federal prosecutor says House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and several other GOP lawmakers may have committed a very specific crime in their possible attempts to cover up Donald Trump ’s Jan. 6 plot to overturn his election defeat.

“It’s called misprision of a felony,” Glenn Kirschner , who spent 24 years as a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia, explained on his YouTube channel.  

The law says someone who has knowledge of a felony that’s “cognizable by a court of the United States” but doesn’t come forward with information about it could face up to three years in prison. 

Kirshner noted that a federal judge in March determined it “more likely than not ” that Trump “corruptly attempted to obstruct” the Jan. 6 vote certification by Congress. 

That makes potential Jan. 6-related crimes “cognizable by a court” and significant now that McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers linked to Trump have been subpoenaed by the House Jan. 6 committee to answer questions about their knowledge and involvement. 

If they refuse to comply, Kirshner said, it “looks like misprision of a felony to me.” 

He added: “Also looks like accessory after the fact. Also looks like they are criminal co-conspirators with Donald Trump in his conspiracy to defraud or commit crimes against the United States.” 

“So many crimes to choose from,” he concluded. 

Watch Kirshner’s analysis below: