Why America Needs a January 6 Commission - The Bulwark

[Nevilledog]

https://thebulwark.com/why-america-needs-a-january-6-commission/


Everyone knows what happened on January 6, 2021: The United States Capitol was breached by Trump supporters who hoped to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. Explaining why it happened is much harder, which is why America needs a January 6 Commission.

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy announced his opposition to such an investigation on Tuesday. He is concerned that a 1/6 commission would be “duplicative” of current law enforcement efforts and “potentially counterproductive.” This is nonsense. To date, at least 440 individuals have been arrested on charges related to the insurrection. Earlier this year Donald Trump was impeached by the House for his role in inciting the riot. Several congressional committees have looked at (or are currently looking at) various security and enforcement issues related to the attack.

None of these efforts, however, has universal jurisdiction to comprehensively evaluate the attack from a 360-degree perspective. And this full and complete picture is exactly the information that must be collected and made publicly available if future attacks on our elections—both in terms of disinformation and physical force—are to be prevented.

The first reason why we need a January 6 Commission is that only an independent commission tasked with investigating the events can document the full and complete picture of why the insurrection happened.

But the second reason is arguably more important: the threat is ongoing.

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[world wide wally]

1. In all honesty, we don't need a commission to tell us what happened on Jan 6 at the Capitol.

We already know all about the incendiary speeches by Trump and his cronies. We already know about the GOP being complicit with the Proud Boys and other white supremacist groups. We already saw all the video and news reports about what happened there. If they won't allow a commission to verify it, let them do it in court.
PROSECUTE!

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. That's what we need.

Arrests, prosecutions, convictions and incarcerations. Quick, thorough and efficient.