House approves Jan. 6 riot probe as Dems fret over pro-Trump chaos agents

Source: Politico | June 30, 2021 | Nicholas Wu and Sarah Ferris

Two GOP lawmakers voted for a select panel on the Capitol attack, but Republicans might choose firebrand conservatives to undercut the effort.

Democrats wanted a panel of outside experts to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection. Instead they might have to deal with the Trump wing of the House GOP.

The House voted Wednesday, 222-190, to create a select committee with a weighty mandate to dig into the worst attack on the Capitol since the War of 1812. Two Republicans, Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), voted alongside every Democrat to establish the 13-member panel.

But as Democrats prepare its roster, both parties are still unsure about which Republicans, if any, will join its ranks — a decision that will dramatically shape the direction of the investigation.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi will have the final say over the panel’s GOP members, assuming House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appoints them at all. But many in her caucus are still anxious about the prospect of Republicans starting another bitter fight by trying to appoint members who voted against certifying President Joe Biden’s win.

Even worse, in their minds, would be GOP riot investigators who some Democrats view as having abetted the attack.

“The issue is that … there are indications that some of these folks were in on it. And we can’t have folks who were in on it in the investigation,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in an interview.

“If we are to be serious about finding out the truth, it seems incongruous to appoint people to a fact-finding committee who have really leaned into the big lie,” added Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.)

Pelosi has signaled she wants one of her eight appointments to the Jan. 6 committee to be a Republican, and Democrats speculate that outspoken Trump critics like Cheney and Kinzinger could be chosen. The speaker declined to say Tuesday whether she would veto any GOP select panel members who opposed certifying Biden’s victory, and declined again Wednesday to discuss the committee’s makeup.

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