Predicting the future is best if you know something about the past.

Unfortunately, the past doesn’t tell us much about how the House committee investigating the January riot at the Capitol can get the information it wants from Reps. Scott Perry, R-Penn., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.

Perry claimed he wouldn’t cooperate with the panel. Perry argues the committee itself “is illegitimate” – even though the full House voted to create the entity. On Twitter, Perry then suggested Democrats wanted information from him to distract from issues at the border, inflation and Afghanistan.

Jordan wasn’t as recalcitrant as Perry.

During an appearance on Fox, Jordan said he had “real concerns” with the committee, arguing it altered documents. Jordan said he would “review” the request from the committee for his communications.

In October, Jordan told the House Rules Committee that he “had nothing to hide” regarding any investigation into the melee.