Category: Select committee to investigate Jan. 6

Congress Ignores Pressing National Business While It Obsesses on Jan. 6

June 10, 2022
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Commentary As the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol starts public hearings, we must ask what motivates those on the committee. Is the sole concern the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States? Or is it to get media to attack…

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Jan. 6 Commission Subpoena Is ‘Political Vendetta’ Disregarding House Rules: Rep. Jim Jordan

May 26, 2022
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) responded to a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach by characterizing it as “political vendetta,” pointing to the committee’s doctoring and misrepresentation of nonpublic information and listing some of his demands in return. Jordan contested the validity and constitutionality of the congressional subpoena and…

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Pelosi: Republican Representation on Jan. 6 Committee Rejected over previous ‘Statements and Actions’

July 22, 2021
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she rejected two representatives that Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) appointed to the January 6 Select Committee because of previous statements they made, adding that their membership on the committee would weaken the integrity of the commission. “We’re there to get the truth, not to get Trump, t-r-u, truth. Trump,…

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Pelosi Appoints Liz Cheney to Serve on Jan. 6 Select Committee

July 1, 2021
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) was named by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday to serve on the select committee investigating events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “Congresswoman Liz Cheney, of the Armed Services Committee, has patriotically agreed to serve on the committee,” said Pelosi on Thursday at a press briefing about the formation of the select committee….

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