Pelosi says may drop 9/11-style commission to probe Jan. 6 protests at Capitol Hill
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she may drop the idea of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 protest at the US Capitol.
In an interview with USA Today, Pelosi said she would form a select committee if the Republicans do not change their demands for more seats.
“The one thing among our members that is consistent is – we must find the truth," she said. “It’s always an option. It’s not my preference in any way. My preference would be to have a commission.”
In mid-February, Pelosi announced that Congress has decided to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 events, similar to the one set up in the wake of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Later, she said that her recommendation for the panel is to be made up of seven Democratic senators and four Republican ones, which aroused the Republicans' harsh criticism, including the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell who had previously stressed that the Republican voters will never accept the findings of a Democratic panel.
“The Speaker of the Houses proposes even more investigation through a new commission. She cites the precedent of the 9/11 Commission. But her draft bill fails to track with that precedent in key ways,” McConnell said during a speech on Feb. 24. "This time, Speaker Pelosi started by proposing a commission that would be partisan by design."
In response, the office of Nancy Pelosi accused the GOPers of playing politics and said that her proposal was only a “discussion draft.”
On January 6, then-US President Donald Trump incited his own supporters, including members of Proud Boys, to storm the US Capitol building, where lawmakers were in the process of confirming now-President Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election.
The protest resulted in the death of at least five people, including a police officer who was guarding the Congress building.
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