What does McCarthy have to lose by releasing the material?
The press and the Democrats (this statement is redundant) will still hate him no matter what he does.
Maybe Frank Lutz threatened to kick him out of the Penthouse.
“What does McCarthy have to lose by releasing the material?”
His life?
His income after he leaves congress?
There’s also a bunch of left wing DA’s hanging out to gin up an indictment against folks who deviate from the narrative.