Progress on January 6 Investigations
Pelosi announces January 6 Insurrection Select Committee, Oath Keeper agrees to cooperate in a conspiracy case, and a N.Y. state appellate court suspends Giuliani for lying to courts.
House Speaker Pelosi takes action to form a Select Committee after Senate Republicans blocked a vote on the negotiated bipartisan agreement. Other important developments include a member of the Oath Keepers agreeing to cooperate in the January 6 conspiracy investigation, and a New York state appellate court suspending Rudy Giuliani from practicing law for making “demonstrably false and misleading statements” about Trump’s failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
By Lindsay Wise
“Jan 6 was one of the darkest days in our nation’s history,” Mrs. Pelosi said at a press conference Thursday, calling the violent attack a “gleeful desecration of the Capitol.” She said it is “imperative that we establish the truth of that day, and ensure that the attack of that kind cannot happen, and that we root out the causes of it all.”
Last month, 35 House Republicans joined Democrats to pass a bill that would have created a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate Jan. 6. But in the Senate, Republicans blocked the legislation, which needed 60 votes to advance under the chamber’s longstanding filibuster rule.
A rally to support the For the People Act in Washington this month. Republicans are expected to use a filibuster to block the measure on Tuesday. Credit Alex Wong/Getty Images