Pelosi scoffed at House GOP leader McCarthy floating GOP-only investigation into Jan. 6: ‘Perhaps you mistake me for somebody who would care about that’

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• McCarthy proposes 5 Republicans to sit on Jan. 6 panel House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has picked five Republicans to sit on the new select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, signaling that Republicans will participate in the investigation that they have staunchly opposed. McCarthy has selected Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, who recently visited former President Donald Trump on trips to the U.S.-Mexico border and Trump's New Jersey golf club, to be the top Republican on the panel, according to a Republican familiar with the decision…
• McCarthy names GOP members to the select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection - 3 voted against certifying Biden's win in Pennsylvania and Arizona House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has named which GOP members will probe the insurrection. See more stories on Insider's business page. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Monday named the GOP members serving on the January 6 House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. According to Washington Post reporter Marianna Sotomayor, Rep. Jim Banks will serve as the ranking member and will be joined…
• Rep. Rodney Davis, tapped for Jan. 6 panel, thrust in highest profile assignment of his House career Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., was recommended by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to be on the House select Jan. 6 investigation committee. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesSaid Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Davis will “be a fair arbiter. …I’ve never heard him defending what happened on Jan. 6; that’s good.” WASHINGTON — Until now, Illinois GOP Rep. Rodney Davis has been able to effectively straddle the divide between Trump loyalists and the Republicans who speak out against former President Donald Trump’s…
• US Capitol riot: Police officers to testify at first meeting of the January 6 select committee Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they try to storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images The US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack holds its first hearing July 27. The committee was created after Republicans defeated an effort to create an independent commission. It has 13 members, but only eight have been named thus far. Rep. Liz Cheney is the lone Republican. See more…
• A White House official and a Pelosi aide both tested positive for COVID-19 after attending same reception House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) arrives for an event on Capitol Hill on April 14, 2021. AP Photo/Susan Walsh A White House official and an aide to Pelosi have both tested positive for COVID-19, per Axios. The Pelosi aide led a group of Texas state Democratic legislators around the Capitol this week. The White House official and the Pelosi aide attended the same reception last week. Sign up for the 10 Things in Politics daily newsletter. A Biden White House…
• The GOP Isn’t Sending Their Best, and Pelosi Isn’t Having It Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastThe Jan. 6 investigation, yet to begin, has already met more Republican resistance than the actual insurrection it’s meant to investigate but nevertheless Nancy Pelosi is persisting. First, the Speaker couldn’t get the bipartisan commission she wanted because Mitch McConnell deemed that “It’s not at all clear what new facts or additional investigation yet another commission could lay on top of the existing efforts by law enforcement and Congress.” That’s a fancy way for Cocaine…
• Jim Bob Duggar: Snubbed By Kids On His Birthday?! Obviously, Josh is the worst member of the Duggar family. But the fact is, Jim Bob's is in a pretty close second place. Yes, Josh had been arrested for child pornography, and that's about the most nauseating crime imaginble. But it's Jim Bob who allowed it to happen, who enabled Josh by covering up his predatory behavior and ensuring that he suffered zero consequences from his earlier acts of depravity. Despite his reputation as a strict disciplinarian with zero tolerance…