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Speaker Johnson forms committee to probe Jan. 6, Democrats’ original investigation
The Hill ^ | 01/22/25 03:31 PM ET | Emily Brooks

Posted on 01/22/2025 1:41:02 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he will establish a new select subcommittee that will probe the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — and likely dig into the now-defunct Jan. 6 Select Committee that was led by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) will chair the upcoming select subcommittee, which will be housed within the House Judiciary Committee.

Loudermilk pursued his own Jan. 6 investigation within the House Administration Committee, and had long been asking Johnson to break out the probe into its own entity.

Being classified as a “select” subcommittee means that Johnson will have the sole official power to decide which members sit on the panel.

The move comes as many Republicans, including Johnson, have defended or brushed aside President Trump’s pardons this week of nearly all rioters involved in the Jan. 6 attack, including those who violently assaulted police officers.

“House Republicans are proud of our work so far in exposing the false narratives peddled by the politically motivated January 6 Select Committee during the 117th Congress, but there is still more work to be done,” Johnson said in a statement. “We are establishing this Select Subcommittee to continue our efforts to uncover the full truth that is owed to the American people.”

Loudermilk in a statement said that he hoped to “uncover all the facts and begin the arduous task of making needed reforms to ensure this level of security failure may never happen again.”

But beyond security concerns, Republicans have been eager to continue investigating the original Jan. 6 select committee, with which Republican leadership refused to participate or cooperate.

Loudermilk in December released a report evaluating the “failures and politicization” of the Jan. 6 committee, and recommending a criminal investigation into Cheney,...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 01/22/2025 1:41:02 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good!

Can he put Nancy Pelosi on the witness stand under oath?

Along with Adam Kinzinger and Lyin’ Liz Cheney.


2 posted on 01/22/2025 1:44:37 PM PST by Iron Munro (Obi-Wan Kenobi : Who's the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The unselect committee committed crimes, which is why they received pardons. Those crimes need to be investigated and made public.


3 posted on 01/22/2025 1:44:50 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Iron Munro
Good! Can he put Nancy Pelosi on the witness stand under oath? Along with Adam Kinzinger and Lyin’ Liz Cheney.


4 posted on 01/22/2025 1:47:00 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: 1Old Pro

And Adam Shit.


5 posted on 01/22/2025 1:47:18 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Smiling. Chuckling. Laughing. Out loud.

This day, we read President Trump as he identified: "....the Radical Left's Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX."

6 posted on 01/22/2025 1:49:12 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Run this committee with Thor’s hammer.


7 posted on 01/22/2025 1:49:57 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

STOP. I can’t handle this much winning.;-)


8 posted on 01/22/2025 1:52:11 PM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“the original Jan. 6 select committee, with which Republican leadership refused to participate or cooperate.”

weren’t they refusing to cooperate because the dems would not let them select who they wanted?


9 posted on 01/22/2025 1:56:40 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I want to know the truth--whatever it might be.

I also want to know the truth about Obama's birth certificate; the accusations of Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, and Paula Jones; Hillary's emails; and the 2020 election.

And note tagline.

10 posted on 01/22/2025 1:58:56 PM PST by Savage Beast (Leave them to heaven. Let truth be the judge and the chronicles history the penalty.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Add in orange jumpsuits and it would be priceless!


11 posted on 01/22/2025 2:01:56 PM PST by cross_bearer_02
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To: Iron Munro

There are those left out of bidens blanket pardon bingo. They need to be approached with a choice, testify under oath for immunity. The American people need to know the injustice these despicable skells have put upon us. Schiff, pelousi, schumer, rafkin, cheny


12 posted on 01/22/2025 2:01:57 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Col Frank Slade

We should stop being disrespectful to excrement. 😉
He is an insult to it.

He and Schumer are still doing the resistance thing. Hope they come to regret it. I think a lot of Americans are feeling released from restrictions (EV cars, no gas stoves, don’t use air conditioning, careful of the exact gender you call someone, can they speak up at a school board meeting) and also want a break from the Dem fighting the winner of the long election process.

Lighten up, Dems.


13 posted on 01/22/2025 2:02:50 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: RoosterRedux

I CAN.

I REVEL IN IT.


14 posted on 01/22/2025 2:13:03 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

I tried reveling in it. I had so much fun I got dizzy and passed out.;-)


15 posted on 01/22/2025 2:29:05 PM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Uhhh its about effing time. I’ve been screaming for this for 2 years.


16 posted on 01/22/2025 3:45:03 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

hopefully this goes further than trey gowdy’s sham show ‘trials’ did


17 posted on 01/22/2025 4:33:00 PM PST by Bob434
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Meanwhile SeeBS News just had a segment on released J-6 prisoners that made it look like President Trump just freed a legion of dangerous terrorists.

But when Biden released actual dangerous terrorists: ZZZzzzzzzz...


18 posted on 01/22/2025 4:34:39 PM PST by MikelTackNailer (Listen to me now, think about it later and cry about it some other day.)
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To: teeman8r

Pelosi outright rejected Jim Jordan and one other, from serving, and then, picked her own RINOs.
The committee was a farce before it even started.


19 posted on 01/22/2025 5:03:57 PM PST by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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20 posted on 01/23/2025 3:25:07 AM PST by sauropod ("You didn't take a country. You only won a football game!" - Dan Dakich Ne supra crepidam)
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