Bipartisan Deal Reached On Jan. 6 Commission, Giving Democrats Win On Scope
Bipartisan Deal Reached On Jan. 6 Commission, Giving Democrats Win On Scope
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: A large group of pro-Trump protesters raise signs and flags on the... MORE
By Kate Riga at Talking Points Memo
May 14, 2021 10:44 a.m.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bipartisan-bill-january-6-commission-scope
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The idea of a January 6 commission, previously on life support, was resurrected Friday as Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, reached a deal with ranking member Rep. John Katko (R-NY) to investigate the attack and events that led to it.
The two are proposing legislation to set up the commission, which will comprise 10 commissioners from outside the government. Each party will get to appoint five of them.
Most importantly, the scope of the proposed commission seems to be exactly what Democrats wanted. “The commission will be charged with investigating and reporting upon the facts and causes of the January 6th attack on the Capitol as well as the influencing factors that may have provoked the attack on our democracy,” read a fact sheet attached to the new bill.
Up to this point, Republicans have ardently opposed any investigation that encompasses the election fraud conspiracy theories — peddled in the months leading up to the attack by former President Donald Trump and his GOP allies — wanting to solely focus on the security breakdowns on January 6 itself. And if Democrats insisted on including the lead-up to the attack in the investigation, many Republicans warned, they wanted the commission to investigate “left-wing violence” like the Black Lives Matter protests last summer as well.
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