House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just announced Democrats will create a special congressional committee to investigate the January 6th Capitol riot.
The Hill reports:
“It is imperative that we seek the truth for what happened,” she told reporters in the Capitol.
The move, coming almost six months after the deadly riot, indicates that Democrats have no intention of letting Republicans stymie a comprehensive examination of the violence and what led up to it.
The select committee, to consist of lawmakers from both parties, was not the Democrats’ first choice for an investigative strategy. But Senate Republicans last month blocked legislation to establish an independent panel — modeled on the 9/11 commission — to conduct the probe.
Republicans had initially backed an independent investigation. But they’re also eyeing gains in the House and the Senate in the 2022 midterm elections — with a shot of winning back both chambers — and they don’t want to alienate Trump, who remains enormously popular with the GOP base.
It’s unclear who will be selected to the committee to probe the events of January 6th.
Donald J. TRUMP should be the POTUS…NOW!! Democrats are liars and cheaters.
You dont need any commission of enquiry. BLM and Antifa with the approval of Pelosi, Schumer, Pence and McConnel all arranged and probably funded this invasion of the Capital, It had zero to do with president Trump. He was still talking to the very peaceful joyous crown down the road. BLM and Antifa dressed as trump supporters arrived in busloads with bombs and other “weapons”