Category: pelosi

McConnell Questions Legitimacy of Pelosi’s Commission to Probe Capitol Breach

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) proposed commission to investigate the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, calling its composition “partisan by design.” The Congress has yet to finalize the structure of the commission, which Pelosi said will be modeled after the one established by President…


Rep. Clyde Appeals $5,000 Fine for Avoiding Pelosi’s Metal Detectors

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) said Feb. 24 he’s appealing to the House Ethics Committee the $5,000 fine he was assessed earlier this year for refusing to go through metal detectors blocking access to the House chamber. “Today, with the assistance of my private counsel, I appealed the fines I incurred as a result of my…


Pelosi’s Office Fends Off Questions From House Republicans About Capitol Security

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has responded to a request from a group of House Republicans to explain decisions in regards to Capitol security before and on the day of the Capitol breach. She said on Monday they are attempting to “deflect responsibility for the Capitol attack from Donald Trump.” Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), the ranking…


Deep Dive (Feb. 16): Thousands of National Guards Could Remain in DC

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says they’re setting up an independent body to investigate the breach of the Capitol on  Jan. 6. She’s also facing questions about her actions before, during, and after the breach. House Republicans are asking Pelosi why the National Guard needs to be deployed at the Capital until possibly this fall. Minneapolis is…


Pelosi Announces Independent 9/11-Style Commission to Investigate Capitol Riot

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stated that Congress will establish an independent, Sept. 11, 2001-style commission to look at the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6. “It is clear from his findings and from the impeachment trial that we must get to the truth of how this happened,” she said in a statement on…


Pelosi Furious About Impeachment Trial Results, Rules Out Censuring Trump

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she’s not interested in censuring former President Donald Trump after the Senate acquitted Trump in his second impeachment trial. She implied that censuring Trump would be similar to giving “a little slap on the wrist.” “We censure people for using stationaries for the wrong purpose. You don’t censure people…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Feb. 11)

Senators react to Day Two of the impeachment trial. One top Republican thinks Trump will be acquitted, but another says the evidence is “pretty damning.” House Republicans urge Nancy Pelosi to take down the security fence at the Capitol Building. Is it turning into a fortress? And Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) challenges a new Republican…


‘Yes There Is An Enemy Within’: Rep. Marjorie Greene

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Saturday that America is facing “an enemy within.” She singled out socialist “America Last” policies—apparently referring to the opposite of former President Donald Trump’s America First agenda, in a string of Twitter posts. “Yes there is an enemy within,” she wrote. “And that enemy is a poisonous rot of…


Lawyer: Speaker Pelosi’s Laptop Hasn’t Been Recovered From Suspect

The laptop computer taken from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hasn’t been recovered, a lawyer representing a woman accused of helping steal it said Tuesday. A video that appeared to show Riley June Williams, 22, speaking near a “HP” laptop in Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6 was included in an amended criminal…


Pelosi: Retired Lt. General to Lead Capitol Security Review

A retired lieutenant general will lead a review of the U.S. Capitol security following the Jan. 6 breach, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday. “We must subject this whole complex to scrutiny in light of what happened and the fact that the inauguration is coming. To that end, I have asked Lt. Gen. Russel Honore…